A Story That Won't Fade Away
Compulsory Mass Suicide in the Battle of Okinawa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2132239 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yuki Kitazawa, Kitazawa Yuki, Matthew Allen (0000-0003-3490-9960), Matthew Mc Allen (0000-0001-6463-9039) |
| Year | 2007 |
| Volume | 5 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 1 |
| Publication date | 2007-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Japan focus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1557-4660 • E-ISSN: 1557-4660 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s1557466007021444 |
| OpenAlex | W1572028233 |
| Language | EN |
From early in 1945, Okinawa's geopolitical location at the southern border of 'Japan proper' made it an obvious and immediate target for the Allies' invasion of the mainland of Japan. In the most intensive land attack launched against Japan by the United States, the so-called 'typhoon of steel' rained down on Okinawans for months as the Japanese military dug in for a war of attrition
Aeronautics · Ancient history · Battle · Fade · Political science · Computer Science · Disaster Response and Management · Engineering · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |