Christopher L. Kolakowski

Last Stand on Bataan

The Defense of the Philippines, December 1941-May 1942

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 218
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Februar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 420g
• ISBN-13: 9780786474899
• ISBN-10: 0786474890
• Artikelnr.: 44635623

Autorenporträt

Historian Christopher L. Kolakowski has spent his career preserving and interpreting military history from 1775 to the present. He lives in Norfolk, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1.
"The war for all practical purposes is on in the Orient" 2.
Ringing Telephones and Radios 3.
Days of Decision 4.
Evacuation 5.
Abucay 6.
Taste of Victory 7.
"I shall return" 8.
End on Bataan 9.
The Fall of Corregidor Epilogue Appendix I. USAFFE Order of Battle, December 8, 1941 Appendix II. The Battlefields and Participants After May 1942 Chapter Notes Bibliography Index