Crucible of Hell. Okinawa: the Last Great Battle of the Second World War

From award-winning historian Saul David, an action-packed and powerful new narrative of the Battle of Okinawa — the last great clash of the Second World War, and one that had profound consequences for the modern world.For eighty-three blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. I