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To the End of the Earth: The US Army and the Downfall of Japan, 1945 

byJohn McManus

Military historian John C. McManus chronicles the U.S. Army's final campaigns against Japan in 1945, from the Philippines and Okinawa to planning for invasion of the home islands. Soldiers, commanders, medical personnel, and civilians reveal brutal combat shaped by terrain, fortified defenses, kamikaze attacks, disease, exhaustion, and expectations of resistance. The book connects battlefield experience with strategic bombing, Soviet entry, atomic weapons, and surrender. McManus restores the Army's central role in the Pacific endgame while confronting the immense human cost anticipated had the war continued.

Publisher

Penguin Publishing Group

Publication date

2023

Format

Print edition

Pages

448

ISBN

9780593186886