The Fall of the Philippines 1941-42

A highly illustrated account of the fall of the Philippines in 1941–42, one of the least covered campaigns of World War II.

In the immediate aftermath of Pearl Harbor, the Japanese launched an attack on the Philippines to eliminate the United States' other major Pacific naval base. Catching the US forces completely by surprise, the Japanese bombed the major airfields and quickly gained air supremacy. They followed with a full-scale invasion that quickly rolled up US–Filipino opposition and c...