Fighting spirit : the memoirs of Major Yoshitaka Horie and the Battle of Iwo Jima / edited and annotated by Robert D. Eldridge and Charles W. Tatum.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horie, Yoshitaka.

Contributor:

Eldridge, Robert D.

Tatum, Charles W. (Charles William)

Standardized Title:

Tōkon Iōjima. English

Language:

English

Japanese

Subjects (All):

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945--Personal narratives, Japanese.

Iwo Jima, Battle of, Japan, 1945.

World War, 1939-1945--Personal narratives, Japanese.

World War, 1939-1945.

Horie, Yoshitaka.

Genre:

Personal narratives -- Japanese.

Autobiographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

xxix, 224 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Annapolis, Md. : Naval Institute Press, [2011]

Summary:

This is an annotated translation of a memoir written by Imperial Japanese Army Major Yoshitaka Horie about his experience as a staff officer of the Iwo Jima defense command during 1944 and 1945. Horie's perspective on Japanese military strategy and why Iwo Jima was important to Japan offers World War II buffs a fascinating look into what was going through the minds of the enemy under siege during the famous battle. A few b&w photographs are provided. The original Japanese edition was published in 1965 by Kobunsha Publishing. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

The toughest battle in world history

Isolated island : where no planes or vessels could go

Saipan was said to be impregnable

Iwo Jima is next!

Iwo Jima : an island of pineapples and jungle

The Ogasawara Islands force and the U.S. Pacific fleet

Let's sink Iwo Jima into the ocean

Supply operations at night via Chichi Jima

Defensive operations from the caves

Send more weapons and ammunition!

Defending Iwo Jima to the death

Two months before the storm

Farewell, everyone, on Chichi Jima

Our cave becomes a sea of fire : first lieutenant Musashino Kikuzo's story

The most unfortunate battle : first lieutenant Yamazaki Takeshi's story

Come out! : seaman first class Koizumi Tadayoshi's story

Warriors remembered

Tragic island, Iwo Jima

Afterword

Appendix 1. Explanation of Japanese defense plan of Chichi Jima, december 23, 1945

Appendix 2. Explanation of japanese defense plan and the battle of Iwo Jima, Chichi Jima, January 25, 1946.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781591148562

1591148561

OCLC:

681488937