num_pages: 416
description: A narrative account of the large-scale land-sea-air battle during the spring of 1945 profiles the conflict as a sobering clash that was marked by the death of America's highest-ranking officer killed during World War II, the hara-kiri deaths of two top-ranking Japanese commanders, and the deaths of more than 250,000 soldiers, sailors, and civilians. 30,000 first printing.
language: English
title: The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II
publisher: Simon & Schuster