Bloody Okinawa : the last great battle of World War II / Joseph Wheelan.
"On Easter Sunday, April 1, 1945, more than 184,000 US troops began landing on the only Japanese home soil invaded during the Pacific war. Just 350 miles from mainland Japan, Okinawa was to serve as a forward base for Japan's invasion in the fall of 1945. Nearly 140,000 Japanese and auxiliary soldie...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Hachette Books,
2020.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |