Okinawa 1945 The epitome of joint US airpower in the Pacific Osprey

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Okinawa 1945 The epitome of joint US airpower in the Pacific by James S. Corum

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Fully illustrated and with a detailed narrative, this is the first book to examine US Pacific War tactical airpower at its peak, in the last and greatest island campaign, Okinawa.

Introduction
Chronology
Attacker's Capabilities
-US Commanders
-Naval Airpower
-US Ground Forces
-The Tactical Air Force
Defender's Capabilities
-The Kamikaze Corps
-Japanese Air Tactics
-Japanese Commanders
Campaign Objectives
-The Ryukyu Archipelago
-The Japanese Plan
-Intelligence and the Okinawa Campaign
The Campaign
-The Landing
-The Japanese Counterattack
-The First Wave of Japanese Attacks
-The Yamato Sails to Its Doom
-Air Defense of Okinawa
-The Ground Fight on Okinawa
-The Air and Ground War May 1945
-The May Air Attacks
-Anti-Aircraft Defenses on Okinawa
-June 1945 to the end of the Ground Campaign
-Night Fighters in the Okinawa Campaign
-Summary of the Air Campaign: April–June
Analysis