Fighting Spirit: The Memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima

Fighting Spirit: The Memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima
ISBN-10
1591148561
ISBN-13
9781591148562
Series
Fighting Spirit
Category
Biography & Autobiography
Pages
224
Language
English
Published
2011
Publisher
Naval Inst Press
Authors
Robert D. Eldridge, Charles William Tatum, Yoshitaka Horie

Description

This is the only memoir available in English by a Japanese military officer who helped plan the Battle of Iwo Jima. Yoshitaka Horie, a Japanese field-grade Army officer who served as a liaison officer with the Japanese Navy, was in a unique position to describe in detail the respective positions, ideas, and assumptions that both services had about the Pacific War. A specialist in logistics and head of the headquarters on Chichi Jima, Horie was intimately involved with the battle plans. His insights reveal the limits to Japan's strategy and the personalities of the planners--Publisher's description.

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