Episode 46 – William Manchester’s “Goodbye Darkness” additional readings and recommended resources.

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