Corregidor 1945: The Rock Assault

By Gordon L. Rottman

Corregidor Island, America's last bastion in the Pacific which guarded the entry to Manila Bay, had been seized by the Japanese on May 8, 1942. In February 1945, U.S. forces were back and closed in on Manila from the north and south against heavy Japanese resistance. A joint parachute and amphibious assault was planned to employ the much reinforced 503d Parachute Regimental Combat Team and elements of the 24th Infantry Division and 2nd Engineer Special Brigade. Facing them were over 6,000 Japanese troops who had only recently been evacuated from Bataan 2 miles away where they had been cut off by advancing U.S. forces. MacArthur desired the island, once a symbol of American defiance, to be liberated with a flourish. This fully illustrated study examines the ambitious U.S. assault on Corregidor, which included the most dangerous and risky parachute drop in airborne history and vicious, desperate fighting by the defenders as they sought to prevent American troops from taking the island.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472825926
• ISBN13: 9781472825926
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 96 Pages