The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780767907798ISBN-10:767907795UPC:9780767907798Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & Space, United StatesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC9YN1AXHR
The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle
A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late--World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Crown Publishing Group (NY)ISBN-13:9780767907798ISBN-10:767907795UPC:9780767907798Book Category:HistoryBook Subcategory:Wars & Conflicts, MilitaryBook Topic:World War II, Aviation & Space, United StatesSize:8.00 x 5.20 x 1.10 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SC9YN1AXHR
JIM SMITH served with the 315th Bomb Wing, 20th Air Force during, World War II, where he was a radio operator of a B-29B bomber named The Boomerang. He has researched The Last Mission for more than twenty years. MALCOLM McCONNELL is the author or coauthor of twenty-three books, many of them on military subjects. He most recently cowrote Born to Fly with Navy pilot Shane Osborn. He lives near...
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