Command and Control of the U.S. Tenth Army During the Battle of Okinawa
From 1 April 1945 to 21 June 1945, the United States Tenth Army, commanded by Lieutenant General Simon B. Buckner, Jr., executed Operation Iceberg--the seizure of Okinawa for use as a staging base for the expected invasion of Japan. The Tenth Army, which included the U.S. Army's XXIV Corps and the U.S. Marines Corps' III Amphibious Corps, executed an amphibious assault on Okinawa against the Japanese 32nd Army. The Japanese defenders allowed the Tenth Army to land virtually unopposed, preferring to fight a battle of attrition from strong fortifications. The Tenth Army rapidly seized the lightly defended northern end of the island, but became…
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- ISBN: 978-1-249-36444-3
- EAN: 9781249364443
- Produktnummer: 39336134
- Verlag: BiblioScholar
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 126 S.
- Masse: H24.9 cm x B19.2 cm x D1.5 cm 259 g
- Gewicht: 259
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