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Leckie Robert: Opere in lingua inglese\Okinawa. The Last Battle of World War II
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Robert Leckie

Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II

Table of Contents

Title Page

Dedication

Copyright Page

Why Okinawa? - CHAPTER ONE

Japan at Bay - CHAPTER TWO

The Divine Wind - CHAPTER THREE

The Japanese Samurai - CHAPTER FOUR

First Blood for America - CHAPTER FIVE

Kamikaze Strike/ FranklinÆs Ordeal - CHAPTER SIX

The ôAmericansö - CHAPTER SEVEN

Love Day - CHAPTER EIGHT

The Marines Overrun the North - CHAPTER NINE

ôFloating Chrysanthemumsö - CHAPTER TEN
...as Admiral Raymond Spruance, alternate chief with Fleet Admiral William ôBullö Halsey, of NimitzÆs battle fleet.1 They knew that King was convinced the next operation in the Pacific should be landings on the big island of Formosa off the Chinese southeastern coast. If Nimitz and staff could persuade King to accept General of the Armies Douglas MacArthurÆs plan to invade Luzon in the Philippines rather than Formosa, the conference would end in a rare and high note of interservice cooperation.
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