Research Catalog

Title

Okinawa: the last battle, by Roy E. Appleman [and others]

Author

Appleman, Roy Edgar

Publication

Washington, Historical Division, Dept. of the Army, 1948.

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Details

Description

xxii, 529 p. illus., ports, maps (part fold. col.); 26 cm.

Summary

"Okinawa: the last battle: Here the Imperial Army braced for its last stand. From the bloody victories that brought U.S. forces to Okinawa, to the desperate, suicidal resistance of the Japanese, this is the complete story of the final beachhead battle of the Pacific campaign.

Series Statement

United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific

Uniform Title

United States Army in World War II. War in the Pacific

Subject

• 1939-1945
• Geschichte 1941
• Okinawa, Battle of, 1945
• Ryukyu Islands
• Shuri-shi (Japan)
• United States. Army
• United States. Army > Drill and tactics
• World War, 1939-1945 > Campaigns > Okinawa Island

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Operation Iceberg -- Invasion of the Ryukyus -- Winning the Okinawa beachhead -- Where is the enemy? -- Coming to grips with the enemy -- The conquest of northern Okinawa -- The capture of Ie Shima -- The attack of 19 April on the Shuri defenses -- Fall of the first Shuri defense ring -- Tactics and tactical decisions -- Assaulting the second Shuri defense ring -- The Japanese counteroffensive and its aftermath -- The May attack on the Shuri defenses -- Battle in the rain -- The fall of Shuri -- Behind the front -- The enemy's last stand -- The battle ends -- Appendix A : Major tactical units of Tenth Army in the Ryukyus Campaign -- Appendix B : Japanese 32nd Army units in the Ryukyus Campaign -- Appendix C : Statistics of the Ryukyus Campaign.

LCCN

^^^49045742^

OCLC

1007162

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library