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The Ultimate Battle (Book)
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The Ultimate Battle (Book)
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List price R510
Loot Price R478
Discovery Miles 4 780
You Save R32 (6%)
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The Ultimate Battle tells the full story of the Battle of Okinawa
as it has never been told before, using the same up-close narrative
style and "grunt's-eye" view of the action that distinguishes
Sloan's Brotherhood of Heroes from other war books. It is a
gripping story of heroism, sacrifice, and death in the largest
land-sea-air operation in US history. From April to June 1945, more
than 250,000 American and Japanese lives were lost (including those
of nearly 150,000 civilians who either committed suicide or were
caught in the crossfire). It is a story told against a panorama of
1,300 American ships, 1,900 Japanese kamikazes sworn to sink those
ships, and two huge armies (the 541,000-member U.S. Tenth Army of
GIs and Marines, and Japan's 110,000-man 32nd Army) locked in a
no-quarter struggle to the death. But woven into the broader
narrative, in Band-of-Brothers style, are the personal stories of
men who endured this epic battle - more than sixty of whom were
interviewed by the author. In many cases, their experiences are
told here in print for the first time.
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