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Retribution: The Battle for Japan, 1944-45

Max Hastings ·2007 ·615 pages ·★ 4.5WarBooks rating
Popular History Intermediate Mixed
🇬🇧 British🌍 Multi-Perspective

The brutal final year of the Pacific War, from the Philippines to the atomic bombings.

Why Read This Book

Hastings unflinchingly covers Japanese atrocities alongside the moral complexities of firebombing and nuclear weapons. The best.

Events Covered

1944 Battle of Leyte Gulf Philippines 1945 Battle of Iwo Jima Iwo Jima, Japan 1945 Battle of Okinawa Okinawa, Japan 1945 Atomic Bombings Hiroshima & Nagasaki

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ISBN: 978-0307275363

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