Okinawa 1945
Subtitle: the last battle
By: Gordon Rottman.
Series: Praeger illustrated military history series
Publisher: Praeger; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Westport, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island.
Description: "By the spring of 1945 the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan, and a series of victories had reclaimed many of the islands and territories seized by the Imperial Japanese forces in the early months of the war. The dark days of humiliating defeat were far behind the unstoppable Allied juggernaut - victory was now assured. The question was where the last battle would be fought. That place was the island of Okinawa. This book details the struggle for the island as US Marines and Army units battled determined Japanese defenders in the last battle of World War II."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 94) and index.
Originally published: Oxford : Osprey, 2002.