The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.
Fought with obsolete and discarded equipment by an army mostly made up of untrained Filipinos, the Battle of Bataan has become one of the "forgotten" battles of World War II.

This book provides a complete history of the conflict by looking at the events which led up to the battle, with an overview of the American, Philippine and Japanese forces that fought on Bataan. Abandoned by their commander, Douglas MacArthur, and written off by their president, without an air force or navy to support them, for 90 days the Americans and Filipinos held out against not only the Japanese but the ravages of starvation and disease. In the end came the largest surrender in American military history. The book contains dozens of period and modern photographs and several maps.

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The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.
Fought with obsolete and discarded equipment by an army mostly made up of untrained Filipinos, the Battle of Bataan has become one of the "forgotten" battles of World War II.

This book provides a complete history of the conflict by looking at the events which led up to the battle, with an overview of the American, Philippine and Japanese forces that fought on Bataan. Abandoned by their commander, Douglas MacArthur, and written off by their president, without an air force or navy to support them, for 90 days the Americans and Filipinos held out against not only the Japanese but the ravages of starvation and disease. In the end came the largest surrender in American military history. The book contains dozens of period and modern photographs and several maps.

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The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.

The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.

by Donald J. Young
The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.

The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, 2d ed.

by Donald J. Young

Overview

Fought with obsolete and discarded equipment by an army mostly made up of untrained Filipinos, the Battle of Bataan has become one of the "forgotten" battles of World War II.

This book provides a complete history of the conflict by looking at the events which led up to the battle, with an overview of the American, Philippine and Japanese forces that fought on Bataan. Abandoned by their commander, Douglas MacArthur, and written off by their president, without an air force or navy to support them, for 90 days the Americans and Filipinos held out against not only the Japanese but the ravages of starvation and disease. In the end came the largest surrender in American military history. The book contains dozens of period and modern photographs and several maps.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786441808
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication date: 05/18/2009
Edition description: 2
Pages: 296
Product dimensions: 6.90(w) x 9.90(h) x 0.80(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Donald J. Young is a military historian, author and lecturer on the pre–Midway period of World War II in the Pacific. He is a retired educator living in Hermosa Beach, California.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Preface     
Military Organizations and Designations     
Introduction     

1. The Battle Is Joined     
2. Counterattack and Withdrawal     
3. Invasion from the Sea     
4. The Battle for the Points Continues     
5. The Battle of the Pockets     
6. “We Spit on Our Hands and Waited”     
7. Beginning of the End     
8. No Gleam of Victory     
9. Bataan’s Last Hours     
10. “Bataan Has Fallen”     

Appendix A
192nd and 194th Tank Battalions     
Bataan Artillery and Antiaircraft     
Bataan Engineers and Quartermaster     
The Bataan Hospitals and the Medical Situations     
Communications     

Appendix B
Refugees     
Troop Morale     
The Weather and Its Effect     
Chapter Notes     
Bibliography     
Index     
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