{"product_id":"okinawa-1945-george-feifer-9781803999302","title":"Okinawa 1945: The Stalingrad of the Pacific","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"A skillful narrative of combat history ... exceedingly vivid.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As the siege of Stalingrad was the ultimate scene of carnage at the Eastern Front, the battle of Okinawa proved to be the bloodiest of the Pacific war. Almost the entire Japanese kamikaze effort of the Second World War was directed against the Americans at Okinawa. At the beginning of the battle on 1 April 1945, over 1 million Americans, Japanese and Okinawans were centered on the small Pacific Island; by 23 June, when the Japanese commanders committed seppuku, 250,000 civilians and soldiers were dead. More people died during the battle of Okinawa than in the ensuing bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki combined. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOkinawa 1945\u003c\/i\u003e offers a stunning account of the last major campaign of the Second World War and the largest land-sea-air engagement. Superbly researched and extraordinarily detailed, Okinawa 1945 is told at the level of the participants themselves, soldiers and civilians alike, with the dramatic stories of three individuals running through the entire account. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George Feifer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1803999306\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803999302\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e History Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/07\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 450\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"George Feifer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47136656261375,"sku":"9781803999302","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_219e68c4-a0f5-4ab5-ad4e-ba563f95cfb2.jpg?v=1755023998","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/okinawa-1945-george-feifer-9781803999302","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}