Crucible of Hell by Saul David

https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/127871 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Crucible of Hell Author: Saul David Narrator: William Roberts, Saul David - introduction Format: mp3 Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins Release date: 04-02-20 Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 1 rating Genres: Japan Publisher's Summary: For 83 blood-soaked days, the fighting on the island of Okinawa plumbed depths of savagery as bad as anything seen on the Eastern Front. When it was over, almost a quarter of a million people had lost their lives, making it by far the bloodiest US battle of the Pacific. In Okinawa, the death toll included thousands of civilians lost to mass suicide, convinced by Japanese propaganda that they would otherwise be raped and murdered by the enemy. On the US side, David argues that the horror of the battle ultimately determined President Truman’s choice to use atomic bombs in August 1945.