The battle for Okinawa

by Yahara, Hiromichi

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Yahara was Senior Staff Officer of the 32nd Army, and the highest ranking Japanese officer to leave Okinawa alive.

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Title Statements

Full title :The battle for Okinawa / Hiromichi Yahara ; translated by Roger Pineau and Masatoshi Uehara ; with an introduction and commentary by Frank B. Gibney.

Summary

Yahara was Senior Staff Officer of the 32nd Army, and the highest ranking Japanese officer to leave Okinawa alive.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©1995.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):J. Wiley
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©1995.

Notes

"A Pacific Basin Institute book"--Title page verso.

Includes index.

The Physical Object

Description:xxv, 245 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations, maps ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0471120413, 9780471120414, 0471180807, 9780471180807
oclc:ocm31605143
LC Classification:D767.99.O45
Dewey Decimal:940.54/25

Plans for 32nd Army: Yahara versus Imperial Headquarters -- The Grand strategy unfolds -- Challenge and response -- Counteroffensive halted -- World view through the Eye of a Needle -- The headquarters cave -- The battle at Maeda-Nakama-Awacha -- The bloody action at Sugar Loaf Hill (Amerkudai) -- The Arikawa Brigade withdraws to Shuri -- Choosing a last-stand location -- The right flank nears collapse -- Retreat and attack -- army headquarters -- Farewell to Shuri -- The Tsukazan command post -- Tsukazan to Mbuni -- Civilians at the last stand -- Retreat and rear guard action -- Kiyan Peninsula -- Mabuni headquarters cave -- The battle for Kiyan -- The Naval Base Force is wiped out -- The last battle -- Cave fantasies -- Final days at Mabuni -- The end of 32nd Army -- The Mabuni departure -- Gushichan cave -- Mingling with the refugees -- Fusozaki village -- Coolie on a new battlefield -- Reversal of fortune.

Subjects

940.5 Colonel Hiromichi Yahara Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 -- Campagnes… Japan -- Okinawa Island Military campaigns Okinawa -- Schlacht (1945) Tweede Wereldoorlog World War II-Okinawa World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Ja…