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The Fall of the Philippines
- The Desperate Struggle Against the Japanese Invasion, 1941-1942
Engelsk Paperback
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The Fall of the Philippines
- The Desperate Struggle Against the Japanese Invasion, 1941-1942
Engelsk Paperback

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World War II began for the United States with the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, followed by the invasion of the Philippine Islands the next day. Unlike the rapid capture of Hong Kong, Wake Island and Singapore, the war in the Philippines lasted for seven months before the unprepared American and Filipino forces--cut off from supplies and fighting with obsolete equipment and without air or naval support--were overwhelmed.

Drawing on diaries and personal accounts, this book chronicles forgotten actions in the fall of the Philippines through the recollections of American servicemen. The author covers the 90 day perseverance of Bataan''s tiny air force, the first PT boat raid of the war, the last U.S. horse cavalry charge in history, a lone U.S. submarine''s attack on a Japanese invasion fleet, the deliberate bombing of Bataan''s main field hospital by the Japanese, the difficult and uneasy surrender of Bataan, Corregidor''s doomed resistance and the surrender of the Southern Islands of the archipelago.

Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
220
ISBN-13:
9780786498208
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
078649820X
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
30 mar 2015
Længde:
11mm
Bredde:
152mm
Højde:
229mm
Forlag:
McFarland & Co Inc
Oplagsdato:
30 mar 2015
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