Okinawa : the last battle of World War II

Author(s)

• Leckie, Robert

Bibliographic Information

Okinawa : the last battle of World War II

Robert Leckie

（Penguin books, Military History）

Penguin, 1996

Note

First published in U.S.A. by Viking, 1995

Includes index

Contents of Works

• why Okinawa
• Japan at bay
• the divine wind
• the Japanese Samurai
• first blood for America
• Kamikaze Strike / Franklin's ordeal
• the "Americans"
• love day
• the marines Overrun the Nortu
• "floating Chrysanthemums"
• fiery falilure at Kakazu ridge
• back to Banzai
• Kikusui 2 : Kamikaze crucible
• uncle Sam : logistics Magician
• Hodge's hurricane attack hurled back
• quter line cracked / Ushijima Retreats
• Kamikaze bases scourged / Kikusui 4
• last gasp of the Samurai Cho
• Minatoga : a missed opportunity
• May : rain, mud, blood - and brealthrough !
• Ushijima retreats again
• chrysanthemums die in sea and sky
• Ushijima's last stand
• a Samurai farewell
• the value of Okinawa

Details

• NCID: BA28217341
• ISBN:
  • 0140173897
• LCCN: 94039145
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 220 p., [16] p. of plates
• Size: 20 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 940.54/25
  • NDC8 : 210.75
• Subject Headings:
  • FREE : World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Japan -- Okinawa Island
  • FREE : Okinawa Island (Japan) -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00474814