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okinawa the last battle of world war ii
p penguin delivers you to the front lines of the pacific theater with the real life stories behind the hbo miniseries . p former marine and pacific war veteran robert leckie tells the story of the invasion of okinawa the closing battle of world war ii . leckie is a skilled military historian mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion . lasting 83 days and surpassing d day in both troops and material used the battle of okinawa was a decisive victory for the allies and a huge blow to japan . in this stirring and readable account leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war . p
paperback penguin books 1996 isbn 0140173897
abridged n isbn 13 9780140173895 number of pages 224 publisher penguin group usa release date 1264464000000