The final storm
Subtitle: a novel of the war in the Pacific
By: Jeff Shaara
Edition: 1st large print ed.
Publisher: Random House Large Print
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 775
ISBN-13: 9780739378205
Subjects: Naval operations; Fiction; American Naval operations; World War, 1939-1945; Large print books
Description: As the war in Europe winds down in the wake of the Normandy invasion, the United States has turned its vast military resources toward an all-out effort against the Japanese. In the spring of 1945, Japan's empire has been pressed slowly back toward its home islands, and the Americans mount a furious assault on the last great stepping-stone to Japan itself--the heavily fortified island of Okinawa. The three-month battle will feature some of the most vicious combat of the entire war, as American troops confront an enemy that would rather be slaughtered than experience the shame of surrender.