Okinawa
(2014)
Nonfiction
eBook
Details
PUBLISHED
[United States] : Pickle Partners Publishing : Made available through hoopla, 2014
DESCRIPTION
1 online resource
ISBN/ISSN
9781782892892 (electronic bk.) MWT11448790, 1782892893 (electronic bk.) 11448790
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Contains 86 photos and 42 maps and charts. The story of part played by the United States Marines in the largest amphibious assault of the entire Pacific War during World War II. The battle lasted an exhausting and bloody 82 days from early April until mid-June 1945. The legendarily tough defence of the Japanese soldiers and citizens was matched by the American troops in the last major campaign that had led all the way from Pearl Harbor to the Home Islands of Japan
Mode of access: World Wide Web