Title: Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II
Author(s): Robert Leckie
Language: English
Published: 01 July 1996
Publisher: Penguin Books
ISBN: 9780140173895
Extension: EPUB
Size: 234 KB
Subjects: General, History, History: American, Japan, World War, 1939-1945, Military, World War II, Asia, Military - World War II, War, Campaigns, History - Military, Military History, Second World War, Okinawa Island (Japan), 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan - Okinawa Island, Battles & campaigns, Okinawa Island, World War; 1939-1945, Asian history, World War; 1939-1945 - Campaigns - Japan - Okinawa Island, Okinawa Island (Japan) - History
Categories: History, Military, Nonfiction
Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries. Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion. Lasting 83 days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.
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