Donald J. Young

The Battle of Bataan

A Complete History, 2d ed.

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Produktbeschreibung

From the first edition: On the morning of April 9, 1942, 75,000 American and Filipino soldiers on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines surrendered to the Japanese. Thus ended one of the most brutal and intense encounters of World War II.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Revised
• Seitenzahl: 298
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Mai 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780786441808
• ISBN-10: 0786441801
• Artikelnr.: 25606783

Autorenporträt

Donald J. Young is a military historian, author and lecturer on the pre-Midway period of World War II in the Pacific. He is a retired educator living in Hermosa Beach, California.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents
Preface     
Military Organizations and Designations     
Introduction     
1. The Battle Is Joined     
2. Counterattack and Withdrawal     
3. Invasion from the Sea     
4. The Battle for the Points Continues     
5. The Battle of the Pockets     
6. "We Spit on Our Hands and Waited"     
7. Beginning of the End     
8. No Gleam of Victory     
9. Bataan's Last Hours     
10. "Bataan Has Fallen"     
Appendix A
192nd and 194th Tank Battalions     
Bataan Artillery and Antiaircraft     
Bataan Engineers and Quartermaster     
The Bataan Hospitals and the Medical Situations     
Communications     
Appendix B
Refugees     
Troop Morale     
The Weather and Its Effect     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index