Crisis in the Pacific (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | Gerald Astor | knygos.lt

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From the depths of defeat...
On December 8, 1941, one day after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese Air Force struck the Philippines in the first blow of a devastatinginvasion.
With an undersupplied patchwork army at his command, General Douglas MacArthur led a valiant defense of the Philippines. When defeat came, MacArthur swore he would return, while thousands ofPOWs fell into Japanese hands - and faced a living hell that many would not survive.
To the dawn of victory...
In this gripping oral history, Gerald Astorbrings to life the struggle to recapture the Philippines: the men who did the fighting, the battles that set the stage for an Allied invasion, and the acts of astounding courage and desperation that marked the campaign onboth sides.
From Corregidor to the Battle for Manila, from horrifying jungle warfare to cataclysmic clashes at sea, on beachheads and in the air, Crisis in the Pacific draws on thewords of the men who were there - capturing this crucial heroic struggle for victory against Japan. "From the Paperback edition."