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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wheelan, Joseph (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Edition:First edition.
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Physical Description:vii, 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The enemy's doorstep
  • L-Day
  • The first defensive line
  • The kamikazes
  • Sinking the battleship Yamato
  • The drive north and Ie Shima
  • The April offensive
  • The Shuri line
  • The May mud offensive
  • Red flood tide
  • The Japanese retreat from Shuri
  • The last ditch
  • The Thirty-Second Army collapses
  • The civilian tragedy
  • The battle ends
  • Dénouement.