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TITLE: |
A glorious way to die : the kamikaze mission of the battleship Yamato, April 1945 / Russell Spurr. |
AUTHOR: |
Spurr, Russell. |
PUBLISHED: |
New York, N.Y. : Newmarket Press, c1981. |
DESCRIPTION: |
x, 341 p., 16 p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. |
EDITION: |
1st ed. |
NOTES: |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-336) and index. |
NOTES: |
Tells the story of the Yamato, the first of a class of superships built by Japan before World War II, and its doomed mission against U.S. forces in southern Okinawa in April 1945. |
NOTES: |
Interest level: Adult |
SUBJECT: |
Yamato (Battleship) |
SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations, Japanese. |
SUBJECT: |
World War, 1939-1945--Naval operations. |
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