The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb

World War II military history

Paperback

1st

1st

Third Person

Non-Fiction

492

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The Battle of Okinawa: The Blood and the Bomb is a detailed narrative history of the last and bloodiest major campaign of the Pacific War. Journalist and historian George Feifer reconstructs the land-sea-air battle for Okinawa from the perspectives of American and Japanese soldiers and the Okinawan civilians trapped between them. Drawing on extensive research and survivor interviews, the book traces the background to the campaign, the planning and execution of Operation Iceberg, the brutal ground fighting along the Shuri Line and at Sugar Loaf Hill, the kamikaze attacks at sea, and the horrific civilian suffering as combat engulfed the island. Feifer explores the clash of three cultures—American, Japanese, and Okinawan—showing how propaganda, military strategy, and desperation shaped soldiers’ and civilians’ actions, including mass suicides and atrocities on both sides. The work concludes by examining the enormous human toll of the battle, its military and political consequences, and how the experience at Okinawa influenced U.S. leaders’ decision to use atomic bombs against Japan.

Lyons Press

9781585742158

United States

Guilford, Connecticut

2001-08-01

2001

2001

45962977

English

Guilford, Connecticut, United States

~$0.99

2026-01-30

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