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Author:

Sloan, Bill, 1935-

Title:

The ultimate battle : Okinawa 1945--the last epic struggle of World War II / Bill Sloan.

Edition:

1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster,

Copyright Date:

2007

Description:

x, 405 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Subject:

World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns--Okinawa Island.--Okinawa Island.
Civilian war casualties--Okinawa Island.--Okinawa Island.
Okinawa Island (Japan)--History, Military.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 377-382) and index.

Contents:

Prologue: June 10, 1945 -- Building an "Iceberg" -- "Like a stroll in the park" -- Kids' games, pony rides, and barbecue -- A nasty surprise on the way south -- A divine and deadly wind -- Death in the hills, death at home -- A wall of stone and flame -- Mud, blood, and may-hem -- Bitter toll at sugar loaf -- The limits of human endurance -- Divine wind-part II -- The crowded, angry skies -- Collapse of the Shuri line -- The end of an army -- A civilian catastrophe -- A somber victory -- The atomic bomb-and reprieve -- Epilogue: love day plus sixty-two years.

ISBN:

0743292464
9780743292467

LCCN:

2007016871

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USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

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KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

YSPD232 -- Camanche Public Library (Camanche)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

SCPC074 -- Hudson Public Library (Hudson)

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)

GWPB501 -- Prairie City Public Library (Prairie City)

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SKPC094 -- Sumner Public Library (Sumner)

HWAX074 -- Hawkeye Community College Library (Waterloo)