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Okinawa : the last battle

Author: Roy Edgar Appleman; et al
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : Historical Division, Dept. of the Army, 1948.
Series: United States Army in World War II., War in the Pacific.
Edition/Format:   eBook : National government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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"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.
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Additional Physical Format: Online version:
Appleman, Roy Edgar.
Okinawa: the last battle.
Washington, Historical Division, Dept. of the Army, 1948
(OCoLC)569125443
Material Type: Government publication, National government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Roy Edgar Appleman; et al
OCLC Number: 1007162
Description: xxii, 529 p. : ill., ports., maps (part fold. col.) ; 26 cm.
Contents: Operation Iceberg --
Invasion of the Ryukyus --
Winning the Okinawa beachhead --
Where is the enemy? --
Coming to grips with the enemy --
The conquest of northern Okinawa --
The capture of Ie Shima --
The attack of 19 April on the Shuri defenses --
Fall of the first Shuri defense ring --
Tactics and tactical decisions --
Assaulting the second Shuri defense ring --
The Japanese counteroffensive and its aftermath --
The May attack on the Shuri defenses --
Battle in the rain --
The fall of Shuri --
Behind the front --
The enemy's last stand --
The battle ends --
Appendix A : Major tactical units of Tenth Army in the Ryukyus Campaign --
Appendix B : Japanese 32nd Army units in the Ryukyus Campaign --
Appendix C : Statistics of the Ryukyus Campaign.
Series Title: United States Army in World War II., War in the Pacific.
Responsibility: by Roy E. Appleman, ... [et al.].

Abstract:

"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.

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