JoeArthur
Elder Member
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getpocket.com
Two new books examine the carnage of this conflict 75 years ago and its influence on the decision to use that frightening new weapon (the atom bomb). Both Joseph Wheelan’s Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II and Saul David’s Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945 recount the human cost of ending a war that was still a long way from over.
The Bloody Hell of Okinawa
More than seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan
getpocket.com
Two new books examine the carnage of this conflict 75 years ago and its influence on the decision to use that frightening new weapon (the atom bomb). Both Joseph Wheelan’s Bloody Okinawa: The Last Great Battle of World War II and Saul David’s Crucible of Hell: The Heroism and Tragedy of Okinawa, 1945 recount the human cost of ending a war that was still a long way from over.