Gordon L. Rottman

Okinawa 1945 (eBook, PDF)

The last battle
Illustrator: Gerrard, Howard

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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 defeat were far behind the unstoppable Allied juggernaut victory was now assured. The question was where the last battle would be fought. That place was the island of Okinawa. This book details the struggle for the island as US Marines and Army units battled determined Japanese defenders in the last battle of World War II.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 96
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. September 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781846035517
• Artikelnr.: 38352115

Autorenporträt

Gordon L. Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments before retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chronology
The Opposing Plans
The Opposing Commanders
The Opposing Armies
Preliminary operations · The Landings
Operation TEN-GO
Advance and Stalemate
Japanese Counterattack
Buckner's offensive
The final operations
The Battlefield Today
Bibliography
Index