When The Shooting Stopped: August 1945 Barrett Tillman Osprey Publishing Αγγλικά Βιβλία History World

“Highly Recommended As A Sobering But Enlightening Account ” - Richard B Frank Author Of Downfall: The End Japanese Empirein 44 Months Between December 1941 And August 1945 Pacific Theater Absorbed Attention American Nation Military Longer Than Any Other Despite Allied Grand Strategy “Germany First After Attack On Pearl Harbor U S Especially Was Committed To Confronting Tokyo Matter Urgent Priority From Oahu Long Sanguinary Slog Averaging An Advance Just Three Miles Per Day Human Toll Paid That Road Reached Some 108 000 Battle Deaths More One-Third Wartime Total By Summer Both Homefront Frontline There Hope Stunning Announcements Atomic Bombs Hiroshima Nagasaki 6 9 Seemed Sure Force Over Tipping Point Since Allies’ Surrender Demand Potsdam Germany In July What Few Understood Vast Gap Cultural Ethos East West At Time Fact Most Cabinet Refused Vicious Dogfights Were Still Waged Skies Above Japan This Fascinating New History Tells Dramatic Story Final Weeks War Detailing Last Brutal Battles Air Land Sea With Evocative First-Hand Accounts Pilots Sailors Caught Up These Extraordinary Events Barrett Tillman Then Expertly Details Tenuous Peace Drawing Lines Forthcoming Cold Soviet Forces Concluded Their Invasion Manchuria When Shooting Stopped Retells All Sides Relive Days Finally Ended World Forever Changed Σελίδες: 304 Έτος Έκδοσης: 0704 Διαστάσεις: 15 3X15 3Cm