Last stand on Bataan
Subtitle: the defense of the Philippines, December 1941-May 1942
By: Christopher L. Kolakowski
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9780786474899
Subjects: Campaigns; Military History; Bataan, Battle of, Philippines, 1942; World War, 1939-1945
Description: "In the opening days of the World War II, a joint U.S.-Filipino army fought desperately to defend Manila Bay and the Philippines against a Japanese invasion. Much of the five-month campaign was waged on the Bataan Peninsula and Corregidor Island. The defenders were hailed as heroes"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "The war for all practical purposes is on in the Orient"; title: Ringing telephones and radios; title: Days of decision; title: Evacuation; title: Abucay; title: Taste of victory; title: "I shall return"; title: End on Bataan; title: The fall of Corregidor; title: Epilogue.