TY  - BOOK
AU  - Appleman,Roy Edgar
TI  - Okinawa: the last battle
T2  - United States Army in World War II: The war in the Pacific
AV  - D769 .A533 vol.2, pt.11, 1984
PY  - 1984///, c1948
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Center of Military History, United States Army
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Japan
KW  - Okinawa Island
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
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