H AND THE BOMB
The US assault on Okinawa 75 years ago was the bloodiest of the
Pacific War, an 83-day slog that cost 250,000 lives. Saul David
describes a battle so terrible that it persuaded President Truman to
reject an invasion of Japan and turn instead to the atomic bomb
USMC-NARA/GETTY IMAGES/ALAMY
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The US assault on Okinawa 75 years ago was the bloodiest of the
Pacific War, an 83-day slog that cost 250,000 lives. Saul David
describes a battle so terrible that it persuaded President Truman to
reject an invasion of Japan and turn instead to the atomic bomb
USMC-NARA/GETTY IMAGES/ALAMY