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The last mission : the secret story of World War II's final battle
- Title
- The last mission : the secret story of World War II's final battle / Jim B. Smith and Malcolm McConnell.
- Author
- Smith, Jim B.
- Publication
- New York : Broadway Books, 2002.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | D790 .S65 2002 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- McConnell, Malcolm.
- Description
- xix, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map; 25 cm
- Summary
- Traces the events surrounding the final American bombing mission of World War II, identifying a Japanese rebel plot for a massive coup that would have kept Japan in the war and prevented its surrender to Allied forces in August 1945.
- Subjects
- Japan
- Personal narratives
- 1926-1945
- World War > (1939-1945)
- Bombardment of Nagasaki-shi > (Nagasaki-shi, Japan : > 1945)
- Bombardment of Hiroshima-shi > (Hiroshima-shi, Japan : > 1945)
- Récits personnels
- Personal narratives > American
- History
- Personal Narrative
- United States > Army Air Forces > Bombardment Wing (VH), 315th
- Japan > Nagasaki-shi
- Japan > Hiroshima-shi
- Nagasaki-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945
- Japan > Politics and government > 1926-1945
- Hiroshima-shi (Japan) > History > Bombardment, 1945
- Politics and government
- B-29 (Bomber)
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Armistices
- World War, 1939-1945 > Japan
- World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, American
- World War, 1939-1945 > Armistices
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- Genre/Form
- Personal Narrative
- Personal narratives.
- History.
- Personal narratives – American.
- Récits personnels.
- Note
- Expanded and rev. version of Jim B. Smith's 1st person account: The last mission. 1995.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [326]-332) and index.
- Contents
- pt. 1. Total war. The superforts -- Kokutai and Ketsu-go -- Potsdam and Trinity -- The boomerang and Enola Gay -- pt. 2. Endgame. A rain of ruin -- Rumors of peace -- Decision and indecision -- pt. 3. To our good and loyal subjects. Rebellion -- Blackout -- The last mission -- pt. 4. A very near thing. The might-have-beens -- Chronology of major wartime events in the Pacific: 1945.
- ISBN
- 0767907787
- 9780767907781
- LCCN
- 2002022336
- OCLC
- ocm49260550
- 49260550
- SCSB-9197844
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library