Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
Catastrophe at Okinawa, October 9-10, 1945
Buch, Englisch, 277 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 178 mm x 254 mm
ISBN: 978-1-4766-9273-9
Verlag: McFarland
In October 1945, Typhoon Louise tore into Okinawa, slamming ships together and tossing them onto reefs and beaches. Terrible winds tore up tent cities and disintegrated corrugated tin Quonset huts. One hundred people died and 383 ships of all sizes were sunk or damaged. This book tells the full story of the typhoon historian Samuel Eliot Morison called "the most furious and lethal storm ever encountered by the United States Navy.