Killing ground on Okinawa : the battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
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Killing ground on Okinawa : the battle for Sugar Loaf Hill
Praeger, 1996
大学図書館所蔵 全16件
  青森
  岩手
  宮城
  秋田
  山形
  福島
  茨城
  栃木
  群馬
  埼玉
  千葉
  東京
  神奈川
  新潟
  富山
  石川
  福井
  山梨
  長野
  岐阜
  静岡
  愛知
  三重
  滋賀
  京都
  大阪
  兵庫
  奈良
  和歌山
  鳥取
  島根
  岡山
  広島
  山口
  徳島
  香川
  愛媛
  高知
  福岡
  佐賀
  長崎
  熊本
  大分
  宮崎
  鹿児島
  沖縄
  韓国
  中国
  タイ
  イギリス
  ドイツ
  スイス
  フランス
  ベルギー
  オランダ
  スウェーデン
  ノルウェー
  アメリカ
注記
Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-227) and index
収録内容
- Maps
- Preface
- 1 The Reason why
- 2 The Marines head South
- 3 George Copmany Meets sugar loaf
- 4 The Push continues
- 5 Night attack
- 6 counterattack
- 7 On the line
- 8 The bitterest day
- 9 A hard day for easy
- 10 Sugar loaf falls
- 11 Enter the 4th
- 12 Bitter victory
- 13 Forgotten warriors
- Sources
- Index
内容説明・目次
内容説明
On May 12, 1945, the 6th Marine Division was nearing Naha, capital of Okinawa. To the division's front lay a low, loaf-shaped hill. It looked no different from other hills seized with relative ease over the past few days. But this hill, soon to be dubbed, Sugar Loaf, was very different indeed. Part of a complex of three hills, Sugar Loaf formed the western anchor of General Mitsuru Ushijima's Shuri Line, which stretched from coast to coast across the island. Sugar Loaf was critical to the defense of that line, preventing U.S. forces from turning the Japanese flank. Over the next week, the Marines made repeated attacks on the hill losing thousands of men to death, wounds, and combat fatigue. Not until May 18 was Sugar Loaf finally seized. Two days later, the Japanese mounted a battalion-sized counterattack in an effort to regain their lost position, but the Marines held.
Ironically, these losses may not have been necessary. General Lemuel Shepherd, Jr., had argued for an amphibious assault to the rear of the Japanese defense line, but his proposal was rejected by U.S. Tenth Army Commander General Simon Bolivar Buckner. That refusal led to a controversy that has continued to this day.
目次
Preface The Reason Why The Marines Head South George Company Meets Sugar Loaf The Push Continues Night Attack Counterattack On the Line The Bitterest Day A Hard Day for Easy Sugar Loaf Falls Enter the 4th Bitter Victory Forgotten Warriors Sources
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