Okinawa, 1945
Rottman, Gordon L.2002
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The bitterness of the fighting on Okinawa helped persuade the US that an assault on the Japanese mainland would result in massive US casualties and led directly to the dropping of the atomic bomb. This book describes the events.
Main title:
Okinawa, 1945 / Gordon L. Rottman.
Author:
Imprint:
Oxford : Osprey Military, 2001.
Collation:
96p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Series title:
Campaign ; 96
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781855326071 (pbk)
Dewey class:
940.5425940.5425
Language:
English
BRN:
1553783