Victory in the Pacific, 1945
Presents the infamous campaigns for Iwo Jima and Okinawa, two of the most bitterly contested campaigns of the World War II. This title describes the Japanese defense system of camouflaged rifle pits and fortified gunning positions that held the Allies at bay and the heavy and continuous cover of naval gunfire that prevented even greater losses.
Print Book, English, 2002, ©1960
University of Illinois Press, Urbana, 2002, ©1960
xxiii, 407 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
9780252070655, 0252070658
49784806
Originally published: Boston : Little, Brown, 1960
Includes index