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Author | : Christopher L. Kolakowski |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 219 |
Release | : 2016-03-11 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0786474890 |
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In the opening days of World War II, a joint U.S.-Filipino army fought desperately to defend Manila Bay and the Philippines against a Japanese invasion. Much of the five-month campaign was waged on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island. Despite dwindling supplies and dim prospects for support, the garrison held out as long as possible and significantly delayed the Japanese timetable for conquest in the Pacific. In the end, the Japanese forced the largest capitulation in U.S. military history. The defenders were hailed as heroes and the legacy of their determined resistance marks the Philippines today. Drawing on accounts from American and Filipino participants and archival sources, this book chronicles these critical months of the Pacific War, from the first air strikes to the fall of Bataan and Corregidor.
Author | : Bill Sloan |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 400 |
Release | : 2013-06-18 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1439199655 |
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This epic story recounts the exceptional valor and endurance of American troops that battled Japanese forces in the Philippines during World War II. Bill Sloan, “a master of the combat narrative” (Dallas Morning News), tells the story of the outnumbered American soldiers and airmen who stood against invading Japanese forces in the Philippines at the beginning of World War II, and continued to resist through three harrowing years as POWs. For four months they fought toe to toe against overwhelming enemy numbers—and forced the Japanese to pay a heavy cost in blood. After the surrender came the infamous Bataan Death March, where up to eighteen thousand American and Filipino prisoners died as they marched sixty-five miles under the most hellish conditions imaginable. Interwoven throughout this gripping narrative are the harrowing personal experiences of dozens of American soldiers, airmen, and Marines, based on exclusive interviews with more than thirty survivors. Undefeated chronicles one of the great sagas of World War II—and celebrates a resounding triumph of the human spirit.
Author | : Mariano Villarin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download We Remember Bataan and Corregidor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
The marshals of Napoleon I … constituted what is probably the most brilliant array of military genius the world has ever seen. All Europe was prostrate before them. Any book which sheds light upon their personalities and accomplishments is a genuine contribution to French history….Boston Transcript. Thoroughly documented, a work of really immense scholarship, this book is also the treatise of an experienced and seasoned military man.Independent. [Phipps'] criticism of strategy and tactics is always intelligent and to the point, so that he contributes something new to the campaigns with which he deals even though his main interest in them is with the careers of the future marshals.Times [London] Literary Supplement
Author | : William B. Breuer |
Publisher | : Saint Martin's Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : 9780312907884 |
Download Retaking the Philippines Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
A volume on the liberation of the Philippines that concentrates on events from July 1944 through March 1945.
Author | : Louis G. Morton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 28 |
Release | : 1960 |
Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
ISBN | : |
Download The Decision to Withdraw to Bataan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : United States. Navy Department. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 12 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Bataan (Philippines : Province), Battle of, 1942 |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Ross E. Hofmann |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 227 |
Release | : 2016-08-04 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 147662562X |
Download Escape from Bataan Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
U.S. Navy Supply Corps Ensign Ross Hofmann had no idea what was in store for him when he arrived at Cavite Naval Base in October 1941. Two months later, Japanese forces struck the Philippines, destroying the base and forcing U.S. personnel to retreat to Bataan. There, Hofmann joined a makeshift unit of Army Aircorps ground personnel, U.S. Marines, U.S. sailors, U.S. Naval ground battalions and Filipinos to fight a Japanese force that landed nearby. In March 1942, with the fall of Bataan imminent, he traveled to Cebu to run supplies through the blockade of Bataan and Corregidor. Soon after his arrival, the Japanese landed on Cebu, forcing the Americans to retreat again. Hiking through jungles and crossing dangerous waters in barely seaworthy vessels, Hofmann avoided capture and reached an American base in Mindanao. He received orders to establish a seaplane base on Lake Lanao. As Japanese troops landed nearby, two seaplanes returning from Corregidor stopped to refuel, one of them hitting a submerged rock on take-off. In a harrowing race against the enemy advance, Hofmann and others worked feverishly to fix the plane and escape before the Japanese converged on Lake Lanao. This memoir recounts Hofmann's experiences in vivid detail. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : Michael Norman |
Publisher | : Macmillan |
Total Pages | : 958 |
Release | : 2009-06-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0374272603 |
Download Tears in the Darkness Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This major new work about World War II exposes the myths of military heroism as shallow and inadequate. "Tears in the Darkness" makes clear, with great literary and human power, that war causes suffering for people on all sides.
Author | : Edgar D. Whitcomb |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 188 |
Release | : 2018-12-03 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0359267890 |
Download Escape from Corregidor Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Escape from Corregidor is the harrowing account of Edgar Whitcomb, a B-17 navigator who arrives in World War II Philippines just before its invasion by the Japanese. Whitcomb evades the enemy on Bataan by fleeing to Corregidor Island in a small boat. He is captured but later manages to escape at night in an hours-long swim to safety. Captured once again weeks later, Whitcomb is imprisoned, tortured and starved, before being transferred to China and eventual freedom.
Author | : Marcus Griffin |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 248 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download Heroes of Bataan, Corregidor, and Northern Luzon Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
From Alibris: A pictorial history of the American men & women who became Japanese POWs with the surrender of the Philippines. It contains 1800+ individual photos with biographies, numerous unit group, & candid photos of before, during, & after imprisonment, maps & alphabetical & unit indexes. It is also a valuable genealogical source. Those who were Japanese POWs treasure it for the memories it recalls & it is a source of information & pride for families of POWs who did not survive or are not now living. A WWII chronology helps those who did not live through the war to better understand wartime events.