The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II by Bill Sloan
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
A stunning and detailed telling of the epic battle for Okinawa, which presaged what an invasion of the Japan home islands would have been like. This book tells the stories, names, and lives of key marines, the caught-between-enemies Okinawans and the Japanese strategy and defenders. The book continues after the fall of Okinawa to cover the defeat of Japan with atomic weapons and the finalization of peace with its many impediments that fateful August.
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