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The Last mission : the secret story of World War II's final battle Jim B. Smith and Malcolm McConnell. electronic resource

By: McConnell, Malcolm | Smith, Jim B | ebrary, IncMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New York Broadway Books 2003, c2002Edition: 1st trade pbk. edDescription: xix, 349 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., 1 mapSubject(s): Japan - Politics and government - 1926-1945 | World War, 1939-1945 - Personal narratives, American | B-29 bomber | United States. Army Air Forces. Bombardment Wing (VH), 315th | World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations, American | Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1945 | World War, 1939-1945 - Japan - Armistices | Nagasaki-shi (Japan) - History - Bombardment, 1945 | World War, 1939-1945 - JapanDDC classification: 940.54/4973 Online access: Open e-book (Ruskin students only)
Contents:
Pt. I: TOTAL WAR: 1. The Superforts -- 2. Kokutai and Ketsu-go -- 3. Potsdam and Trinity -- 4. The Boomerang and Enola Gay -- Pt.II. ENDGAME: 5. "A Rain of Ruin" -- 6. Rumors of peace -- 7. Decision and indecision -- Pt. III. "TO OUR GOOD AND LOYAL SUBJECTS ...": 8. Rebellion -- 9. Blackout -- 10. The last mission -- Pt. IV. A VERY NEAR THING: 11. The Might-have-beens -- Chronology of major wartime events in the Pacific: 1945.
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Expanded and rev. version of Jim B. Smith's 1st person account: The last mission. 1995. Includes bibliographical references (p. [327]-333) and index. Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

Pt. I: TOTAL WAR: 1. The Superforts -- 2. Kokutai and Ketsu-go -- 3. Potsdam and Trinity -- 4. The Boomerang and Enola Gay -- Pt.II. ENDGAME: 5. "A Rain of Ruin" -- 6. Rumors of peace -- 7. Decision and indecision -- Pt. III. "TO OUR GOOD AND LOYAL SUBJECTS ...": 8. Rebellion -- 9. Blackout -- 10. The last mission -- Pt. IV. A VERY NEAR THING: 11. The Might-have-beens -- Chronology of major wartime events in the Pacific: 1945.

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