Leyte 1944: Return to the Philippines: 282 - Brossura

Chun, Clayton K. S.

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1472806905 ISBN 13: 9781472806901

Casa editrice: Osprey Publishing, 2015

Riassunto

The loss of the Philippines in 1942 was the worst defeat in American military history. General Douglas MacArthur, the 'Lion of Luzon', was evacuated by order of the President just before the fall, but he vowed to return, and in August 1944 he kept his word when he led what, at the time, was the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War on the island of Leyte. This is the full story of that fateful battle, one of the most ferocious campaigns of World War II and one of huge strategic and symbolic significance. In the face of stubborn Japanese resistance, including the first systematic use of Kamikaze attacks, the US forces ground slowly forwards before another amphibious assault took the vital position of Ormoc in the last decisive battle of the campaign. Based on extensive research in the US Army's Military History Institute, along with other archival and veteran sources, this important study sheds new light on the operation that saw the US finally return to the Philippines and in doing so placed another nail firmly in the coffin of the Japanese Empire.

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Descrizione del libro

A detailed account of the first step in General MacArthur's 1944-45 campaign to retake the Philippines, supported by an impressive weight of archival research and first-hand accounts.

L'autore

Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War College faculty at Carlisle Barracks, Pennsylvania where he teaches courses on national security, strategy, and economics. He completed a military career in the U.S. Air Force and has published work in the fields of national security, military history, and economics.

Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took an interest in all things military from an early age. Entirely self-taught, Giuseppe has established himself as a leading military history artist, and is inspired by the works of the great military artists, such as Detaille, Meissonier, Röchling, Lady Butler, Ottenfeld and Angus McBride.

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• Editore: Osprey Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1472806905
• ISBN 13: 9781472806901
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 96
• Disegnatore: Rava Giuseppe