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Oct 01, 2007 a companion volume to his bestselling armageddon, max hastings account of the battle for japan is a masterful military history. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that japan s defeat was inevitable, but how the victory would be. The battle for japan, 194445 hardcover march 18, 2008. The battle for japan 194445 the battle for japan 194445 00011 0. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading retribution. Had he lived through 1945, he would have judged the countdown to the dropping of the bombs a vivid demonstration of his. A companion volume to his bestselling armageddon, max hastings account of the battle for japan is a masterful military history. The battle for japan, 194445 kindle edition by hastings, sir max. Retribution is a brilliant telling of an epic conflict from a master. For the next five nights and four days, almost three hundred miles from the nearest land, the men battle injuries, sharks, dehydration, insanity, and eventually each other. I have confined myself instead to listing in the source notes works from. Imphal and kohima, leyte gulf and iwo jima, okinawa and the soviet assault on manchuria. Three years ago hastings published his account of the last year of world war ii.
A masterly narrative history of the climactic battles of the second world war, and companion volume to his bestselling armageddon, by the preeminent military historian max hastings. The imperial army lost a further 1,140,429 dead between pearl harbor and august 1945, while the navy lost 414,879. By the summer of 1944 it was clear that japans defeat was inevitable, but how the victory would be. With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability.
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