The Liberation Of The Philippines 194445 Images Of War Jon Diamond by Jon Diamond instant download after payment.

General Douglas A MacArthur, Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, saw the liberation of the Philippines Archipelago as the launching board for the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. By late 1944, with the capture of New Guinea and surrounding islands, the US Sixth and Eighth Armies were poised for the challenge.
American forces landed on Leyte on 20 October 1944 with the Leyte Gulf naval battle quickly following. By 25 December the island was cleared opening the way for Lieutenant General Walter Krueger’s Sixth Army to invade Luzon on 9 January 1945. Bitter Japanese resistance required Eichelberger’s Eighth Army as reinforcements. Manila finally fell on 4 March. In the meantime Bataan was captured on 16 February and Corregidor on 2 March after a US airborne assault. Fighting continued and MacArthur finally declared the liberation of the Archipelago on 5 July, just a month before the Atom bombs fell on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
This superbly illustrated work in the Pacific War Images of War series leaves the reader in no doubt as to the intensity of the land, sea and air operations required by the Allies to defeat the Japanese.
About the Author:Jon Diamond MD is a kidney specialist in the USA with a
deep interest in the Second World War. He is a keen collector of
photographs. His Stilwell and the Chindits, War in the South Pacific,
Invasion of Sicily, Invasion of the Italian Mainland: Salerno to Gustav
Line, 1943-1944, Onto Rome 1944; Anzio and Victory at Cassino and Beyond
Rome to the Alps; Across the Arno and Gothic Line, 1944-1945 and Op
Plunder The Rhine River Crossing are all published by Pen and Sword in
the Images of War series.