Japan's Battle of Okinawa (Leavenworth Papers Series No.18)
Huber, Thomas M. / U. S. Army Combat Studies Institute / U. S. Department of the Army
Originally published in 1990 by the U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute. From April to June 1945, U.S. and Imperial Japanese Army (lJA) forces fought fiercely for control of the island of Okinawa. The Japanese Imperial General Headquarters (IGHO) had determined after U.S. strikes on Truk in February 1944 that sooner or later the Americans would seize Okinawa as a forward base for the invasion of Japan. The IJA 32d Army was established on Okinaw...