An account of the long and bloody fight that decided the fate of the Philippines in World War II.
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Nathan N. Prefer is een levenslange student van de Tweede Wereldoorlog, wiens uitgebreide studie van het tijdperk zijn militaire geschiedkundige werken voedt. Hij duikt met nauwgezet onderzoek in cruciale campagnes en sleutelfiguren. Prefer's interesse in militaire geschiedenis werd verdiept door zijn dienst bij de US Marine Corps Reserve. Nu gepensioneerd met postdoctorale graden in het vakgebied, zet hij zijn toegewijde onderzoek van de militaire geschiedenis voort, met de nadruk op belangrijke aspecten van conflicten.
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
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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
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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.