An account of the long and bloody fight that decided the fate of the Philippines in World War II.
Nathan N. Prefer Libri
Nathan N. Prefer è uno studioso per tutta la vita della Seconda Guerra Mondiale, il cui ampio studio dell'era informa le sue opere di storia militare. Approfondisce campagne cruciali e figure chiave con una ricerca meticolosa. L'interesse di Prefer per la storia militare è stato approfondito dal suo servizio nella Riserva del Corpo dei Marine degli Stati Uniti. Ora in pensione e con diplomi post-laurea nel campo, continua la sua dedicata analisi della storia militare, concentrandosi sugli aspetti significativi del conflitto.
A comprehensive history of the U.S. Ninth Army, from its formation and organization, through its constituent units and commanders to narrative of the key battles it took part in August 1944-May 1945.
Patton's ghost corps
- 272pagine
- 10 ore di lettura
Discusses the role of Major General Walton Walker's "ghost corps" during World War II, when they were left by General Patton to defend the entire Third Army frontline
Eisenhower'S Thorn on the Rhine
- 336pagine
- 12 ore di lettura
By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. číst celé
In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighbouring island, Saipan, just three miles away.
The first full history of the longest island campaign of the Pacific War.