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The Battle For Okinawa
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Author : Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
language : en
Publisher: Wiley
Release Date : 2002-01-22
The Battle For Okinawa written by Colonel Hiromichi Yahara and has been published by Wiley this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-22 with History categories.
Critical acclaim for The Battle for Okinawa "An indispensable account of the fighting and of Okinawa's role in the Japanese defense of the home islands." --The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating, highly intelligent glance behind the Japanese lines." --Kirkus Reviews "The most interesting of the 'last battle of the war' books." --The Washington Post. "A fascinating insider's view of the Japanese command." --Dallas Morning News COLONEL HIROMICHI YAHARA was the senior staff officer of the 32nd Japanese Army at Okinawa. A Military Book Club Main Selection
The Battle For Okinawa
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Author : Colonel Hiromichi Yahara
language : en
Publisher: Turner Publishing Company
Release Date : 1997-03-07
The Battle For Okinawa written by Colonel Hiromichi Yahara and has been published by Turner Publishing Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1997-03-07 with History categories.
Critical acclaim for The Battle for Okinawa "An indispensable account of the fighting and of Okinawa's role in the Japanese defense of the home islands." --The Wall Street Journal "A fascinating, highly intelligent glance behind the Japanese lines." --Kirkus Reviews "The most interesting of the 'last battle of the war' books." --The Washington Post "A fascinating insider's view of the Japanese command." --Dallas Morning News COLONEL HIROMICHI YAHARA was the senior staff officer of the 32nd Japanese Army at Okinawa. A Military Book Club Main Selection
Typhoon Of Steel
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Author : James H. Belote
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1970
Typhoon Of Steel written by James H. Belote and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Tells the story of the Okinawa campaign from both sides; from the initial plans and preparation to the suicide of General Ushijima on June 22, 1945, when organized resistance ceased.
Battle Of Okinawa
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Author : George Feifer
language : en
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Release Date : 2001-08-01
Battle Of Okinawa written by George Feifer and has been published by Rowman & Littlefield this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08-01 with History categories.
A landmark text on the greatest land battle of the Pacific War.
The Battle Of Okinawa
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Author : Carolyn Alison
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995
The Battle Of Okinawa written by Carolyn Alison and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945
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Author : Jon Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-08-30
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945 written by Jon Diamond and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-30 with History categories.
A pictorial history of one of World War II’s most bitterly fought campaigns. The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation Iceberg, was fought from April 1 to June 22, 1945. Three hundred and fifty miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland. The Japanese Thirty-second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial Navy at sea fought tenaciously. They faced the US Tenth Army, comprising the US Army XXIV Corps and the US Marines’ III Amphibious Corps. As this superb book reveals in words and pictures, this was one of the most bitterly fought and costly campaigns of the Second World War. Ground troops faced an enemy whose vocabulary did not include “surrender,” and at sea the US Fifth Fleet, supported by elements of the Royal Navy, had to contend with kamikaze attacks by air and over seven hundred explosive-laden suicide boats. The Okinawa campaign is synonymous with American courage and determination to defeat a formidably ruthless enemy.
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945
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Author : Jonathan Russell Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2019-03-30
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945 written by Jonathan Russell Diamond and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-30 with History categories.
The American campaign to capture Okinawa, codename Operation ICEBERG was fought from 1 April to 22 June 1945. 350 miles from Japan, Okinawa was intended to be the staging area for the Allied invasion of the Japanese mainland.The Japanese Thirty Second Army defenders were on land and the Imperial Navy at sea fought tenaciously. They faced the US Tenth Army, comprising the US Army XXIV Corps and the US Marines III Amphibious Corps.As the author of this superb Images of War book describes in words and pictures this was one of the most bitterly fought and costly campaigns of the Second World War. Ground troops faced an enemy whose vocabulary did not include surrender and at sea the US Fifth Fleet, supported by elements of the Royal Navy, had to contend with kamikaze (divine wind) attacks by suicide air attacks and over 700 explosive laden suicide boats.The Okinawa campaign is synonymous with American courage and determination to defeat a formidably ruthless enemy. The campaign was the subject of Hacksaw Ridge , the recent Hollywood blockbuster this is the real story.
The Greatest Battles In History The Battle Of Okinawa
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Author : Charles River
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Pub
Release Date : 2014-04-18
The Greatest Battles In History The Battle Of Okinawa written by Charles River and has been published by Createspace Independent Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-18 with History categories.
*Includes historic pictures of the fighting. *Includes pictures of important people, places, and events. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. "If you die there will be no one left who knows the truth about the battle of Okinawa. Bear the temporary shame but endure it. This is an order from your army Commander." - Mitsuru Ushijima to Colonel Hiromichi Yahara. Near the end of 1944, as Allied forces were pushing across the Pacific and edging ever closer to Japan, plans were drawn up to invade the Ryuku islands, the most prominent of them being Okinawa. Military planners anticipated that an amphibious campaign would last a week, but instead of facing 60,000 Japanese defenders as estimated, there were closer to 120,000 on the island at the beginning of the campaign in April 1945. The Battle of Okinawa was the largest amphibious operation in the Pacific theater, and it would last nearly 3 months and wind up being the fiercest in the Pacific theater during the war, with nearly 60,000 American casualties and over 100,000 Japanese soldiers killed. In addition, the battle resulted in an estimated 40,000-150,000 Japanese civilian casualties. Okinawa witnessed every conceivable horror of war both on land and at sea. American ground forces on Okinawa had to deal with bad weather (including a typhoon), anti-tank moats, barbed wire, mines, caves, underground tunnel networks, and fanatical Japanese soldiers who were willing to use human shields while fighting to the death. Allied naval forces supporting the amphibious invasion had to contend with Japan's notorious kamikazes, suicide pilots who terrorized sailors as they frantically tried to shoot down the Japanese planes before they could hit Allied ships. As one sailor aboard the USS Miami recalled, "They came in swarms from all directions. The barrels of our ship's guns got so hot we had to use firehoses to cool them down." As The Marine Corps Gazette noted, "More mental health issues arose from the Battle of Okinawa than any other battle in the Pacific during World War II. The constant bombardment from artillery and mortars coupled with the high casualty rates led to a great deal of men coming down with combat fatigue. Additionally the rains caused mud that prevented tanks from moving and tracks from pulling out the dead, forcing Marines (who pride themselves on burying their dead in a proper and honorable manner) to leave their comrades where they lay. This, coupled with thousands of bodies both friend and foe littering the entire island, created a scent you could nearly taste. Morale was dangerously low by the month of May and the state of discipline on a moral basis had a new low barometer for acceptable behavior. The ruthless atrocities by the Japanese throughout the war had already brought on an altered behavior (deemed so by traditional standards) by many Americans resulting in the desecration of Japanese remains, but the Japanese tactic of using the Okinawan people as human shields brought about a new aspect of terror and torment to the psychological capacity of the Americans." Given the horrific nature of the combat, and the fact that it was incessant for several weeks, it's no surprise that Okinawa had a profound psychological effect on the men who fought, but it also greatly influenced the thinking of military leaders who were planning subsequent campaigns, including a potential invasion of the Japanese mainland. The fighting at places like Iwo Jima and Okinawa went a long way toward swaying the beliefs of American military advisors that invading Japan itself would cause millions of casualties, which ultimately helped compel President Truman to use the atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in an effort to end the war before having to attempt such an invasion.
Battle Of Okinawa
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language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
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Okinawa The Last Battle
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Author : Roy Edgar Appleman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1948
Okinawa The Last Battle written by Roy Edgar Appleman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1948 with Ryukyu Islands categories.
"Okinawa: the last battle: Here the Imperial Army braced for its last stand. From the bloody victories that brought U.S. forces to Okinawa, to the desperate, suicidal resistance of the Japanese, this is the complete story of the final beachhead battle of the Pacific campaign.