Triumph in the Philippines

by Robert Ross Smith and U.S. Department of Defense

Book Overview

(Includes maps) From the moment of his departure from the Philippines in 1942, General MacArthur was determined to return to the islands and restore the freedom of the Philippine people. Capture of the main island of Luzon in 1945 substantially realized this goal. How his armies accomplished it forms the body of the story unfolded in this volume. In some respects the Luzon Campaign repeated the pattern of Japanese conquest three years earlier, although...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515082830
• ISBN13: 9781515082835
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 800 Pages
• Weight: 3.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.0" x 10.0"