Japan's defenders had the advantage over attackers. The western beaches were strewn with wrecked machines, body parts and mangled bodies. A sickened keith wheeler told robert sherad, of life magazine, quote, there's more hell in there than i've seen in the rest of the war put together. And victory or defeat will be measured by how many americans theyare able to take with them.
When do spirit, tenacity, resilience and bravery cross into madness? When cities are incinerated? When suicide attacks become the norm? When atomic weapons are used? Japan's leaders test the limits of national endurance in the war's last year.