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Corregidor, The Rock Force Assault, 1945

Author : E.M. Flanagan, Jr.
Publisher : Presidio Press
ISBN 13 : 0307826384
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (78 download)

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Download or read book Corregidor, The Rock Force Assault, 1945 written by E.M. Flanagan, Jr. and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2012-12-05 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The two-week battle for Corregidor was complicated by the American's gross underestimation of enemy strength: expecting a few hundred demoralized defenders, they encountered more than 6,000 Japanese soldiers and marines deployed in tunnels and caves, every man dedicated to the Bushido code that dictated a fight to the death. As the dust was settling, MacArthur himself came ashore and was greeted by the commander of the victorious U.S. Army troops. 'Sir, ' said Col. George Jones, 'I present to you the Fortress Corregidor' -- a stirring conclusion to a dramatic and well-told story". -- Publishers Weekly

Rock Force

Author : Kevin Maurer
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1524744786
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (247 download)

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Download or read book Rock Force written by Kevin Maurer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2020-12-01 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of No Easy Day comes a thrilling World War II story of the American airborne soldiers who captured a Japanese-held island fortress “Rock Force is a beautifully told story of war: the friendships, the courage and despair, and the terror... One of the most exciting books ever written about the Pacific War.”—Mitch Weiss, New York Times bestselling coauthor of Countdown 1945 In late December 1941, General Douglas MacArthur, caught off guard by the Japanese invasion of the Philippines, is forced to retreat to Corregidor, a jagged, rocky island fortress at the mouth of Manila Bay. Months later, under orders from the president, the general is whisked away in the dark of night, leaving his troops to their fate. It is a bitter pill for a fiercely proud warrior who has always protected his men. He famously declares "I shall return," but the humiliation of Corregidor haunts him, even earning him the derisive nickname "Dugout Doug." In early 1945, MacArthur returns to the Philippines, his eyes firmly fixed on Corregidor. To take back the island, he calls on the 503rd Parachute Infantry Regiment, a highly trained veteran airborne unit. Their mission is to jump onto the island—hemmed in by sheer cliffs, pockmarked by bomb craters, bristling with deadly spiky broken tree trunks—and wrest it from some 6,700 Japanese defenders who await, fully armed and ready to fight to the death. Drawn from firsthand accounts and personal interviews with the battle's surviving veterans, acclaimed war correspondent and bestselling author Kevin Maurer delves into this extraordinary tale, uncovering astonishing accounts of bravery and heroism during an epic, yet largely forgotten, clash of the Pacific War. Here is an intimate story of uncommon soldiers showing uncommon courage and winning, through blood and sacrifice, the redemption of General MacArthur.

Corregidor

Author : E. M. Flanagan
Publisher : Jove Publications
ISBN 13 : 9780515100594
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Corregidor written by E. M. Flanagan and published by Jove Publications. This book was released on 1989 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Also known as the "Rock", Corregidor was a desolate place that harbored a fanatical enemy. This is the inspiring story of one of the most daring maneuvers in the history of modern warfare--the recapture of the "Rock".

US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific Theater 1943–45

Author : Gordon L. Rottman
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780961316
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific Theater 1943–45 written by Gordon L. Rottman and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two major Army units that operated in the Pacific – the 11th Airborne Division and the 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team (PRCT) launched small-scale operations on extremely difficult, if not, outright dangerous, terrain, while also conducting amphibious assaults, fighting on jungled hills, swamps and mud. The two units were very different, with the 503rd PRCT being reserved for special purpose missions and the 11th Airborne Division occupying a more traditional role. This title will deal with the background to these two units and their training, before detailing the specific equipment used in the theatre and, finally and most importantly, the combat experience at a personal level of the US Army Paratrooper in the Pacific.

Corregidor 1945

Author : Mark Lardas
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472854683
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)

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Download or read book Corregidor 1945 written by Mark Lardas and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-07-20 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenched enemy. The islands guarding the entrance to Manila Bay, Luzon, had been seized by the Japanese in May 1942. In February 1945, US forces were back, and closed in on Manila from the north and south against heavy Japanese resistance. A joint US parachute and amphibious assault was planned to capture the largest island Corregidor, using the much-reinforced 503rd PRCT and elements of the 24th Infantry Division and 2nd Engineer Special Brigade. Facing them were over 6,000 Japanese troops recently evacuated from Bataan, where they had been cut off by advancing US forces. General MacArthur desired the island, once a symbol of American defiance, to be liberated with a flourish. This superbly illustrated work examines the ambitious US assault on Corregidor, which witnessed 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. It also covers the recapture of other islands defending Manila Bay: El Fraile/Fort Drum, Caballo, and Carabao.

Four Hours of Fury

Author : James M. Fenelon
Publisher : Scribner
ISBN 13 : 1501179381
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Four Hours of Fury written by James M. Fenelon and published by Scribner. This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Compellingly chronicles one of the least studied great episodes of World War II with power and authority…A riveting read” (Donald L. Miller, New York Times bestselling author of Masters of the Air) about World War II’s largest airborne operation—one that dropped 17,000 Allied paratroopers deep into the heart of Nazi Germany. On the morning of March 24, 1945, more than two thousand Allied aircraft droned through a cloudless sky toward Germany. Escorted by swarms of darting fighters, the armada of transport planes carried 17,000 troops to be dropped, via parachute and glider, on the far banks of the Rhine River. Four hours later, after what was the war’s largest airdrop, all major objectives had been seized. The invasion smashed Germany’s last line of defense and gutted Hitler’s war machine; the war in Europe ended less than two months later. Four Hours of Fury follows the 17th Airborne Division as they prepare for Operation Varsity, a campaign that would rival Normandy in scale and become one of the most successful and important of the war. Even as the Third Reich began to implode, it was vital for Allied troops to have direct access into Germany to guarantee victory—the 17th Airborne secured that bridgehead over the River Rhine. And yet their story has until now been relegated to history’s footnotes. In this viscerally exciting account, paratrooper-turned-historian James Fenelon “details every aspect of the American 17th Airborne Division’s role in Operation Varsity...inspired” (The Wall Street Journal). Reminiscent of A Bridge Too Far and Masters of the Air, Four Hours of Fury does for the 17th Airborne what Band of Brothers did for the 101st. It is a captivating, action-packed tale of heroism and triumph spotlighting one of World War II’s most under-chronicled and dangerous operations.

Twenty-five Best World War Two Sites

Author : Chuck Thompson
Publisher : ASDavis Media Group
ISBN 13 : 9780966635263
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book Twenty-five Best World War Two Sites written by Chuck Thompson and published by ASDavis Media Group. This book was released on 2002 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This indispensible guidebook leads war buffs and casual travelers alike to the 25 best battle sites, memorials, plane wrecks, and relics of World War II.

Back to Corregidor

Author : Gerard M. Devlin
Publisher : St Martins Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312076481
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (764 download)

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Book Synopsis Back to Corregidor by : Gerard M. Devlin

Download or read book Back to Corregidor written by Gerard M. Devlin and published by St Martins Press. This book was released on 1992 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the first successful island airborne attack during World War II describes how outnumbered American parachute and amphibious troops retook the strategic island stronghold of the Philippines in 1945.

International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania

Author : Trudy Ring
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1884964044
Total Pages : 980 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (849 download)

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Download or read book International Dictionary of Historic Places: Asia and Oceania written by Trudy Ring and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 1994 with total page 980 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1996. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

United States Army Combat Forces Journal

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1280 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book United States Army Combat Forces Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 1280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Triumph in the Philippines

Author : Robert Ross Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

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Download or read book Triumph in the Philippines written by Robert Ross Smith and published by . This book was released on 1963 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The reconquest of the Philippine archipelago (exclusive of Leyte), with detailed accounts of Sixth Army and Eighth Army operations on Luzon, as well as of the Eighth Army's reoccupation of the southern Philippines.

Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun

Author : Gene Eric Salecker
Publisher : Stackpole Books
ISBN 13 : 0811742350
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (117 download)

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Download or read book Blossoming Silk Against the Rising Sun written by Gene Eric Salecker and published by Stackpole Books. This book was released on 2010-08-17 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Complete account of airborne operations in the Pacific theater. Firsthand descriptions from American and Japanese paratroopers. Detailed maps illustrate battles.

To the End of the Earth

Author : John C. McManus
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593186885
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book To the End of the Earth written by John C. McManus and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-05-02 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the liberation of the Philippines to the Japanese surrender, the final volume of John C. McManus's trilogy on the US Army in the Pacific War “Brilliant [and] riveting… a truly great book.”—Gen. David Petraeus • “Triumphant [and] compelling.”—Richard Frank • “McManus is one of the best—if not the best—World War II historians working today.”—World War II magazine The dawn of 1945 finds a US Army at its peak in the Pacific. Allied victory over Japan is all but assured. The only question is how many more months—or years—of fight does the enemy have left. John C. McManus, winner of the Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History, concludes his magisterial series, described by the Wall Street Journal as being “as vast and splendid as Rick Atkinson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Liberation Trilogy,” with this brilliant final volume. On the island of Luzon, a months-long stand-off between US and Japanese troops finally breaks open, as American soldiers push into Manila, while paratroopers and amphibious invaders capture nearby Corregidor. The Philippines are soon liberated, and Allied strategists turn their eyes to China, Iwo Jima, Okinawa, and the Japanese home islands themselves. Readers will walk in the boots of American soldiers and officers, braving intense heat, rampant disease, and a by-now suicidal enemy, determined to kill as many opponents as possible before defeat, and they will encounter Japanese soldiers faced with the terrible choice between capitulation or doom. At the same time, this outstanding narrative lays bare the titanic ego and ambition of the Pacific War’s most prominent general, Douglas MacArthur, and the complex challenges he faced in Japan’s unconditional surrender and America’s lengthy occupation.

Operation Thunderhead

Author : Kevin Dockery
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9780425223734
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (237 download)

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Download or read book Operation Thunderhead written by Kevin Dockery and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sheds new light on Operation Thunderbolt, the 1972, classified mission on the part of U.S. Navy SEALs and Underwater Demolition Teams to rescue American POWs held captive in North Vietnam, offering full details on the mission and the men who took part.

Historical Dictionary of World War II

Author : Anne Sharp Wells
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1538102560
Total Pages : 521 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (381 download)

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Download or read book Historical Dictionary of World War II written by Anne Sharp Wells and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2023-12-15 with total page 521 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: World War II was the largest and most costly conflict in history, the first true global war. Fought on land, on sea, and in the air, it involved numerous countries and killed, maimed, or displaced millions of people, both civilian and military, around the world. In spite of the alliances that bound many of the same participants, the war was essentially two separate but simultaneous conflicts: one involved Japan as the major antagonist and took place mostly in Asia and the Pacific; and the other, initiated by Germany and Italy, was contested mainly in Europe, North Africa, the Mediterranean, and the Atlantic. This book focuses on the lesser known war, the war with Japan. It begins with Japan’s seizure of Manchuria from China in 1931 and covers Japan’s ambitious attacks on Pearl Harbor and other territories ten years later, the use of atomic bombs on Japan’s cities, and the end of the Allied occupation of Japan in 1952. Although Japan renounced war in its 1947 constitution, conflict continued across Asia, as former colonies fought for independence and civil war engulfed other areas. Historical Dictionary of World War II: The War Against Japan, Second Edition contains a chronology, an introduction, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has more than 500 cross-referenced entries on the military, diplomatic, political, social, economic, and scientific aspects of the war, in addition to the lives of the people who participated in and directed the war. This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the war against Japan during World War II.

Softly Call the Muster

Author : John A. Adams
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780890965863
Total Pages : 116 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Softly Call the Muster written by John A. Adams and published by Texas A&M University Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The rich heritage of Texas A & M University is marked by a number of unique traditions, none more important than Aggie Muster. Observance of San Jacinto Day evolved into A & M Club activities, a structured muster ceremony, and eventually a worldwide observance by Aggies and friends of Texas A & M.

Combat Squadrons of the Air Force; World War II.

Author : United States. USAF Historical Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 856 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book Combat Squadrons of the Air Force; World War II. written by United States. USAF Historical Division and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 856 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of squadron histories has been prepared by the USAF Historical Division to complement the Division's book, Air Force Combat Units of World War II. The 1,226 units covered by this volume are the combat (tactical) squadrons that were active between 7 December 1941 and 2 September 1945. Each squadron is traced from its beginning through 5 March 1963, the fiftieth anniversary of the organization of the 1st Aero (later Bombardment) Squadron, the first Army unit to be equipped with aircraft for tactical operations. For each squadron there is a statement of the official lineage and data on the unit's assignments, stations, aircraft and missiles, operations, service streamers, campaign participation, decorations, and emblem.