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Prologue: June 10, 1945
1. Building an "Iceberg" - 9
2. "Like a Stroll in the Park" - 30
3. Kids' Games, Pony Rides, and Barbecue - 53
4. A Nasty Surprise on the Way South - 67
5. A Divine and Deadly Wind - 88
6. Death in the Hills, Death at Home - 112
7. A Wall of Stone and Flame - 135
8. Mud, Blood, and May-hem - 151
9. Bitter Toll at Sugar Loaf - 174
10. The Limits of Human Endurance - 195
11. Divine Wind — Part II - 216
12. The Crowded, Angry Skies - 238
13. Collapse of the Shuri Line - 255
14. The End of an Army - 273
15. A Civilian Catastrophe - 296
16. A Somber Victory - 312
17. The Atomic Bomb — and Reprieve - 331
Epilogue: Love Day Plus Sixty-two Years - 353
Sources - 365
Bibliography - 377
Acknowledgments - 383
Index - 385
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John Hayes
reviewed Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--the Last Epic Struggle of World War II on November 21, 2012 Ultimate Battle
Currently commuting alone by car I have the opportunity to listen to audio books. And I like it, it adds another layer to the story. And "The Ultimate Battle: Okinawa 1945--The Last Epic Struggle of World War II is" is splendidly narrated by Robertson Dean
I like the way the author switches from personal stories from Army, Navy and Marine veterans to the overall picture to the history of more specific areas like night fighters and the origin of the idea of kamikaze attacks.
In the end, President Truman, chose to drop atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, based on extrapolated numbers of dead and wounded as high as 500.000 to one million Americans and allies.
The decision is still widely disputed. I, for one, am grateful that I was the not one who had to decide
The history of the battle is gruesome and impossible to comprehend. However, still, the book is one of my all time favorites
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