Last Stand on Bataan - The Defense of the Philippines, December 1941-May 1942

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

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

Product details

• Authors: Christopher L. Kolakowski, Kolakowski Christopher L.
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.03.2016
• EAN: 9780786474899
• ISBN: 978-0-7864-7489-9
• No. of pages: 220
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / Asia / Southeast Asia, Second World War, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Philippines, Asian History, Battles & campaigns, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General, Battles / military campaigns, pacific theater, bataan