A retelling of the April Fool's Day invasion of Japan in 1945 by a U.S. Marine veteran offers a perspective of the eighty-three-day battle from American and Japanese viewpoints.
The battle for Okinawa
by Yahara, Hiromichi, Pineau, Roger, Gibney, Frank, (Frank Bray)
Yahara was Senior Staff Officer of the 32nd Army, and the highest ranking Japanese officer to leave Okinawa alive.
Yahara was Senior Staff Officer of the 32nd Army, and the highest ranking Japanese officer to leave Okinawa alive.
Okinawa 1945: the last battle
by Gerrard, Howard, Rottman, Gordon L.
fromOsprey military campaign series
"By the spring of 1945 the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan, and a series of victories had reclaimed many of the islands and territories seized by the Imperial Japanese forces in the early months of the war. The dark days of humiliating defea…