The Last Mission

Author: Jim Smith
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B000XU8EAU

The Last Mission: The Secret History of World War II's Final Battle

A gripping account of the final American bombing mission of World War II and how it prevented a military coup that would have kept Japan in the war. Get The Last Mission literature books for free.
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How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late-World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world. On the final night of the war, as Emperor Hirohito recorded a message of surrender for the Japanese people, a band of Japanese rebels, commanded by War Minister Anami's elite staff, burst into the palace. They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial Check The Last Mission our best literature books for 2013. All books are available in pdf format and downloadable from rapidshare, 4shared, and mediafire.

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How close did the Japanese come to not surrendering to Allied forces on August 15, 1945? The Last Mission explores this question through two previously neglected strands of late-World War II history, whose very interconnections could have caused a harrowing shift in the course of the postwar world They had plotted a massive coup that aimed to destroy the recordings of the Imperial

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