The Battle of Okinawa; The Blood and the Bomb

by George Feifer

• ISBN13: 9781585742158
• ISBN10: 1585742155
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2001-08-01
• Publisher: Lyons Pr

Summary

More people perished during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. The Battle of Okinawa offers a stunning account of the battle of Okinawa, the last major campaign of World War II and the largest land-sea-air engagement in history.

Author Biography

George Feifer is the author of nine books He has worked as a journalist, novelist, and translator in the United States, England, and the Soviet Union. He lives in Roxbury, Connecticut

Table of Contents

Introduction	xi
Book I
Operation Heaven Number One	3	(23)
American Participants	26	(7)
Japanese Participants	33	(10)
Okinawa	43	(15)
From Manchuria to Okinawa	58	(8)
Early Damage	66	(6)
Japanese Leadership	72	(6)
The Boys in the Pacific	78	(12)
Final Japanese Preparations	90	(9)
Book II
The Landing	99	(15)
The North	114	(10)
Civilians Flee	124	(15)
Ruriko Morishita, Nurse's Aide	139	(5)
Kojo Returns	144	(5)
Kamikazes	149	(26)
The Shuri Line	175	(15)
Sugar Loaf Hill	190	(21)
Close Combat	211	(54)
Book III
Kojo at the Shuri Line	265	(23)
Ushijima Abandons the Shuri Line	288	(10)
South from the Shuri Line	298	(33)
Civilian Suffering	331	(15)
Young Okinawans Hold to Their Duty	346	(9)
Mopping Up	355	(6)
American Atrocities	361	(15)
The Military Toll	376	(15)
Book IV
Expiration of the 32nd Army	391	(12)
The Civilian Toll	403	(7)
The Atomic Bombs	410	(21)
Aftermath	431	(32)
Bibliography	463	(9)
Chronology	472	(8)
Index	480