Okinawa
Subtitle: The Last Battle of World War II
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Published: July 1, 1996
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780140173895
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Okinawa Island; History: American; History; History - Military / War; Okinawa Island (Japan); Military - World War II; History / Military / World War II; Campaigns; 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.