{"product_id":"okinawa-1945-9781803999302","title":"Okinawa 1945","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): George Feifer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: The History Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: The History Press Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Wars \u0026amp; Conflicts - World War II - Pacific Theater\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A skillful narrative of combat history … exceedingly vivid.’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eAs the siege of Stalingrad was the ultimate scene of carnage at the Eastern Front, the battle of Okinawa proved to be the bloodiest of the Pacific war.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Almost the entire Japanese kamikaze effort of the Second World War was directed against the Americans at Okinawa. At the beginning of the battle on 1 April 1945, over 1 million Americans, Japanese and Okinawans were centerd on the small Pacific island; by 23 June, when the Japanese commanders committed seppuku, 250,000 civilians and soldiers were dead. More people died during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eOkinawa 1945\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers a stunning account of the last major campaign of the Second World War and the largest land–sea–air engagement. Superbly researched and extraordinarily detailed, Okinawa 1945 is told at the level of the participants themselves, soldiers and civilians alike, with the dramatic stories of three individuals running through the entire account. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The History Press Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45608535392407,"sku":"9781803999302","price":1772.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781803999302.webp?v=1769294547","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/okinawa-1945-9781803999302","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}