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New York : Ticknor & Fields, 1992.
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"Tennozan offers a stunning account of the battle of Okinawa, the last major campaign of World War II and the largest land-sea-air engagement in History. In examining the disastrous collision of three disparate cultures - American, Japanese, and Okinawan - this book provides an unforgettable picture of men at war and also the context for understanding one of the most ominous events of this century: the decision to drop the atom bomb."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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LibraryThing member theresa2011
This is an excellent volume on a little-known battle. It's essential for anyone interested in knowing the true story of the pacific theatre of WWII, as well as anyone who wants to understand one of the main reasons the US decided to drop the atomic bomb.
LibraryThing member dsha67
George Feifer's, The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb is a fantastic book. I read it 20 years ago, and this was a reread that was well worth the time.
At 471 pages of reading, it is a 5 star book that touches on all aspects of the most costly battle in the entire Pacific War, impacting the
The Japanese created a defensive wall out of the mountainous terrain and the natural coral of Okinawa, creating tunnels, and even after pulling back from its initial well prepared defensive line toward the coast they still from Shuri line with sited and interlocking fields of fire made the U.S.army and Marine units pay dearly for every yard despite the unprecedented land and sea artillery support.
The use as the battle developed of both suicidal Kamikaze pilots and Banzai charges against prepared U.S. lines and the limits the Japanese soldier and Okinawan civilian population pushed themselves to was unbelievable.
The Battle cost both sides their ranking generals on the same day. General Simon Bolivar Buckner and General Mitsuru Ushijima.
I can not recommend any book on The Battle of Okinawa more highly than this.
At 471 pages of reading, it is a 5 star book that touches on all aspects of the most costly battle in the entire Pacific War, impacting the
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U.S. personnel in the Army, Navy and Marines, Japanese soldiers in the Army, and the Navy and the most unfortunate victims of all thy Okinawan civilian population. The Japanese created a defensive wall out of the mountainous terrain and the natural coral of Okinawa, creating tunnels, and even after pulling back from its initial well prepared defensive line toward the coast they still from Shuri line with sited and interlocking fields of fire made the U.S.army and Marine units pay dearly for every yard despite the unprecedented land and sea artillery support.
The use as the battle developed of both suicidal Kamikaze pilots and Banzai charges against prepared U.S. lines and the limits the Japanese soldier and Okinawan civilian population pushed themselves to was unbelievable.
The Battle cost both sides their ranking generals on the same day. General Simon Bolivar Buckner and General Mitsuru Ushijima.
I can not recommend any book on The Battle of Okinawa more highly than this.
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Original publication date
1992
Physical description
xvii, 622 p.; 25 cm
ISBN
0395599245 / 9780395599242
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3 copies
Other editions
The Battle of Okinawa : the blood and the bomb by George Feifer (Paper Book)