Okinawa 1945A concise, thoroughly illustrated guide into the island battle that would end World War II By the spring of 1945, the Allies were sweeping all before them in the Pacific War against Japan. A series of victories had reclaimed many of the islands and territories seized by the Imperial Japanese forces in the early months of the war. The dark days of humiliating defeat were far behind; the unstoppable Allied juggernaut ensured that victory was now