Fall of the Philippines

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Автор: Ward Rutherford

Название: Fall of the Philippines

Издательство: Ballantine Books

Серия: Ballantine's Illustrated History of World War II Campaign Book №16

Год: 1971

ISBN: 0345023234

Формат: PDF

Страниц: 160

Размер: 71 Mb

Язык: English

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The Japanese attack on the Philippines started on December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. American aircraft were entirely destroyed on the ground. Japanese troops landed at the Lingayen Gulf on December 22 and advanced across central Luzon towards Manila. MacArthur concentrated his troops on the Bataan peninsula to await the relief of reinforcements from the United States that, after the destruction at Pearl Harbor, could never come. Despite a determined defense by the hungry and disease-ridden American and Filipino troops, Bataan was forced to surrender on April 9, 1942. Almost 78,000 troops were captured by the Japanese.