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Last Souvenir
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Author : Okinawa - 1945
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008-02
Last Souvenir written by Okinawa - 1945 and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-02 with History categories.
The last great battle of the Second World War blasted the island of Okinawa and lasted three months; later, Allied servicemen and the island natives, who had hidden in caves during the combat, struggled together to preserve the culture of the war torn island. A highly personal, haunting, and enlightening account of Okinawa in 1945.
The Last Souvenir Okinawa 1945
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Author : Jack Caroll
language : en
Publisher: ibooks
Release Date : 2010-03-19
The Last Souvenir Okinawa 1945 written by Jack Caroll and has been published by ibooks this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-19 with History categories.
“Let’s keep in the bond.” —Leon Uris, bestselling author of EXODUS and TRINITY. The Allied forces had been battling the Japanese Empire in the Pacific War since 1941, flattening island after island for three and a half years. Now, it was Okinawa’s turn. The Japanese engineers had scarred the paradise by building three major airfields, affording a tempting morsel for the American juggernaut and a strategic entry point to Japan itself. On April 1, 1945, ironically April Fool’s Day and Easter Sunday, the invasion of Okinawa began. Thousands of warships and aircraft appeared, dumping tons of high explosives on the pristine little island. Tens of thousands of American infantrymen stormed their beaches. Within the flick of an eyelash the quaint little villages were reduced to rubble. The beautiful fields of rice and sugar cane looked as though a giant heavenly shotgun had blasted them into a quagmire of mud and broken debris. Fortunately, the islanders were warned in advance to dig caves in the mountainsides where they could seek refuge. This they did, and this is where they hid for three months as the battle raged over their heads. For tactical reasons, the Japanese commander decided to make his stand in the south. Thus, the lower end of the island was demolished, leaving the north unscathed. Perhaps fate stepped in and decided to preserve at least half of this wonderful civilization. Many of the riflemen who survived the flames of combat in the south were sent north and allowed to mingle with these gracious people. This story belongs to them.
Okinawa 1945
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Author : Gordon L. Rottman
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Okinawa 1945 written by Gordon L. Rottman and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945
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Author : Jon Diamond
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword Military
Release Date : 2019-03-30
The Battle Of Okinawa 1945 written by Jon Diamond and has been published by Pen & Sword Military 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 air 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.
Okinawa 1945
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Author : Thomas M. Huber
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Okinawa 1945 written by Thomas M. Huber and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with History categories.
Okinawa was the last campaign of World War II in the Pacific, a bloody affair that convinced the U.S. high command that an invasion of Japan would prove so costly that deployment of atomic weapons was a requirement. This tells the story from the Japanese side. From April to June 1945, U.S. forces fought fiercely for control of the island of Okinawa, against the well dug in 32nd Army of the Imperial Japanese Army (IJA). The amphibious landing of four divisions of U.S. troops on 1 April 1945 confirmed IJA 32nd Army Staff's worst fears about the U.S. challenge. Within a few weeks, new tactical patterns evolved on Okinawa. U.S. tanks moved forward into dead spaces between cave port fire zones, escorted by infantry. The Japanese, to protect their cave openings, put infantry on the surface to drive back the tank-infantry teams. The result was searing clashes between small units of U.S. and Japanese infantry for the protection of tanks and cave fire ports respectively. Vigorous attacks by U.S. soldiers and marines, using flame-thrower tanks cut through IJA positions quickly after 9 June. The IJA rear-area headquarters were finally threatened so that by 22 June most major unit commanders had committed ritual suicide and ordered surviving soldiers to fight on as long as they could. then do the same, Some of these surviving IJA soldiers unfortunately committed atrocities against the civilian population. and only a small percentage surrendered. By the time the fighting stopped, U.S. casualties of all kinds, including wounded and non-combat injuries, were also high, exceeding 70,000. about equal to the number of IJA regular troops that had defended the island. Over 160 photos and numerous maps help illustrate the riveting narrative, telling the story of American heroism against a fanatical and desperate enemy.
Okinawa 1945
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Author : I. T. M. Gow
language : en
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Release Date : 1985
Okinawa 1945 written by I. T. M. Gow and has been published by Doubleday Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.
This study chronicles World War II's last great battle, one of its fiercest and most costly, and propounds the view that Okinawa's numerous casualties influenced the American decision to use the atomic bomb
The Ultimate Battle
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Author : Bill Sloan
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2008-10-14
The Ultimate Battle written by Bill Sloan and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-14 with History categories.
The Ultimate Battle tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa as it has never been told before, utilizing the same up-close narrative style and "grunt's-eye" view of the action that distinguishes Sloan's Brotherhood of Heroesfrom other war books. It is a gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death in the largest land-sea-air operation in US history. From April through June 1945, more than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost (including those of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were caught in the crossfire). The Ultimate Battle is a searing re-creation of the Okinawa campaign as seen through the eyes of men who were in the midst of it, and it is filled with fresh insights that only these men can provide.
Okinawa 1945
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Author : I. T. M. Gow
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1985
Okinawa 1945 written by I. T. M. Gow and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
Bloody Okinawa
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Author : Joseph Wheelan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2020
Bloody Okinawa written by Joseph Wheelan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with HISTORY categories.
A stirring narrative of World War II's final major battle--the Pacific war's largest, bloodiest, most savagely fought campaign--the last of its kind. 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 soldiers fought with suicidal tenacity from hollowed-out, fortified hills and ridges. Under constant fire and in the rain and mud, the Americans battered the defenders with artillery, aerial bombing, naval gunfire, and every infantry tool. Waves of Japanese kamikaze and conventional warplanes sank 36 warships, damaged 368 others, and killed nearly 5,000 US seamen. When the slugfest ended after 82 days, more than 125,000 enemy soldiers lay dead--along with 7,500 US ground troops. Tragically, more than 100,000 Okinawa civilians perished while trapped between the armies. The brutal campaign persuaded US leaders to drop the atomic bomb instead of invading Japan. Utilizing accounts by US combatants and Japanese sources, author Joseph Wheelan endows this riveting story of the war's last great battle with a compelling human dimension.
A Short History Of Okinawa 1945 1963
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Author : Tomotaka Ishimine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1964
A Short History Of Okinawa 1945 1963 written by Tomotaka Ishimine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1964 with Okinawa Island (Japan) categories.