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The ultimate battle: Okinawa 1945--the last epic struggle of World War II
The ultimate battle: Okinawa 1945--the last epic struggle of World War II
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Sloan, Bill
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Simon & Schuster
Publication Date
2007
Language
English
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940.54 SL
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From the Book - 1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Prologue: June 10, 1945
Building an "Iceberg"
"Like a stroll in the park"
Kids' games, pony rides, and barbecue
A nasty surprise on the way south
A divine and deadly wind
Death in the hills, death at home
A wall of stone and flame
Mud, blood, and may-hem
Bitter toll at sugar loaf
The limits of human endurance
Divine wind-part II
The crowded, angry skies
Collapse of the Shuri line
The end of an army
A civilian catastrophe
A somber victory
The atomic bomb-and reprieve
Epilogue: love day plus sixty-two years.
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Campaigns
Civilian war casualties
Civilian war casualties -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
History, Military
Okinawa Island (Japan) -- History, Military
World War, 1939-1945
World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
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9780743292467
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