Description

This is the compelling story of the final days of World War II told in the form of imagined social media postings based on actual statements by, and recollections of, the main participants in the intense drama.

The story begins with the capture of the strategic Japanese island of Okinawa and follows the thoughts and actions of the main participants through planning the invasion of mainland Japan, the Japanese defense, the Manhattan Project, the first atomic test, the Kamikaze defense, the Potsdam Conference, Churchill's election defeat, the decision to drop the atomic bombs, the attempted palace revolt and the eventual Japanese surrender.