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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. The USAAF wanted a stop-over point on the road to Tokyo, and the Japanese fortified it to the hilt. A great deal of carnage ensued. This was the kind of battle hat led to the decision to use the Atomic bombs. Read this and then go watch the two films on Iwo Jima directed by Clint Eastwood. Yes, both of them. ( ) no reviews | add a review
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From the author of the bestselling Abandon Ship! comes aclassic work of World War II history. Richard F. Newcomb is one of the true masters of military storytelling. In researchingIwo Jima he interviewed hundreds of Iwo veterans, both American and Japanese; read the diaries and letters of fighting men; and combed through masses of official navy and marine records to write the full story of one of the most famous battles in U.S. history. With exceptional depth, intelligence, and emotional power, Newcomb recounts the events of February 19, 1945, in which common men were thrust into impossible circumstances, demonstrating valor and even humor amid the horror and chaos of war. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)940.54History and Geography Europe Europe 1918- Military History Of World War IILC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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