Link to “’On the Verge Of Breaking Down Completely’ Surviving the Kamikaze Off Okinawa”. This is the U.S. Navy’s history of the sea battle around Okinawa. 1945https://www.history.navy.mil/content/dam/nhhc/research/publications/publication-508-pdf/verge_breaking_down_508_080323.pdf
Link to “Battle of Okinawa in 1 minute using Google Earth”. This one minute animation shows just how difficult it was to break the Shuri Line. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHFApmVV1uA
Link to the U.S. Army’s November, 1944 “Soldier's Guide To The Japanese Army.” This pamphlet explains how the U.S. Army viewed its Japanese adversaries. https://usacac.army.mil/sites/default/files/documents/carl/wwIIspec/number27.pdf
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