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Okinawa: The Last Battle of World War II by Robert Leckie (Paperback, 1996)

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In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war. Robert Leckie (1920-2001) was the author of more than 30 works of military history as well as Marines!

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Penguin delivers you to the front lines of The Pacific Theater with the real-life stories behind the HBO miniseries.Former Marine and Pacific War veteran Robert Leckie tells the story of the invasion of Okinawa, the closing battle of World War II. Leckie is a skilled military historian, mixing battle strategy and analysis with portraits of the men who fought on both sides to give the reader a complete account of the invasion. Lasting 83 days and surpassing D-Day in both troops and material used, the Battle of Okinawa was a decisive victory for the Allies, and a huge blow to Japan. In this stirring and readable account, Leckie provides a complete picture of the battle and its context in the larger war.