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Okinawa 1945

Okinawa 1945

The last battle

Campaign 96
  • Author: Gordon L. Rottman
  • Illustrator: Howard Gerrard
  • Short code: CAM 96
  • Publication Date: 25 Mar 2002
  • Number of Pages: 96
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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.

Biographical Note

Gordon L Rottman entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He was assigned to the 7th Special Forces Group until reassigned to the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70. A highly respected and established author, Gordon is now a civilian contract Special Operations Forces Intelligence Specialist at the Army's Joint Readiness Center, Ft Polk. Howard Gerrard studied at the Wallasey School of Art and has won both the Society of British Aerospace Companies Award and the Wilkinson Sword Trophy. He has illustrated a number of books for Osprey including Campaign 69: Nagashino 1575 and Campaign 72: Jutland 1916. Howard lives and works in Kent.

Contents

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

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