Crucible of hell : Okinawa : the last great battle of the Second World War
David, Saul, 1966-2020
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This is an action-packed and powerful narrative of the Battle of Okinawa - the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. In Okinawa, the death toll included thousands of civilians lost to mass suicide, convinced by Japanese propaganda that they would otherwise be raped and murdered by the enemy. On the US side, David argues that the horror of the battle ultimately determined President Truman's choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945.
Main title:
Author:
David, Saul, 1966-, author
Imprint:
London : William Collins, 2020.
Collation:
xi, 418 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780008342487 (hbk. :)
Dewey class:
940.542522940.542940.54252294940.5425 DAV940.542522 DAV
Language:
English
BRN:
1085451