?Excellent? Antony Beevor ?Saul David is a brilliant historian ? In shocking and jaw-dropping detail, he brings a battle that deserves far greater prominence and understanding vividly back to life? James Holland From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa ? the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world. For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. In Okinawa, the death toll included thousands of...
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