Okinawa
Subtitle: The Last Battle of World War II
Publisher: Viking Adult
Published: May 1, 1995
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780670847167
Subjects: Okinawa Island; Military - World War II; Military History - World War II; History - Military / War; World War, 1939-1945; History: American; Okinawa Island (Japan); Military - General; History / General; Campaigns; History; Japan
First sentence: On September 29, 1944, Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, commander of the Pacific Ocean Area (POA), and Fleet Admiral Ernest King, chief of U.S. Naval Operations, conferred in San Francisco on the next steps to be taken to deliver the final crusher to a staggering Japan.