The Last Mission: The Secret Story of World War II's Final Battle
- ISBN-10
- 0767907795
- ISBN-13
- 9780767907798
- Series
- The Last Mission
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 384
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Random House Digital, Inc.
- Authors
- Jim Smith, Malcolm McConnell
Description
Traces the events surrounding the final American bombing mission of World War II, identifying a Japanese rebel plot for a massive coup that would have kept Japan in the war and prevented its surrender to Allied forces in August 1945. Reprint. (A History Channel documentary airing Summer 2003)
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