Leyte 1944

Name: Leyte 1944
Brand: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

Leyte 1944Return to the Philippines\nAuthor(s): Clayton K. S. Chun, Giuseppe Rava\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, United Kingdom\nImprint: Osprey Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781472806901, 978-1472806901\nSynopsis\nA detailed account of the first step in General MacArthur's [tel] campaign to retake the Philippines.\n\nThe loss of the Philippines in 1942 was the worst defeat in American military history. General Douglas MacArthur, the 'Lion of Luzon', was evacuated by order of the President just before the fall, but he vowed to return, and in August 1944 he kept his word when he led what, at the time, was the largest amphibious assault of the Pacific War on the island of Leyte. This is the full story of that fateful battle, one of the most ferocious campaigns of World War II and one of huge strategic and symbolic significance. In the face of stubborn Japanese resistance, including the first systematic use of Kamikaze attacks, the US forces ground slowly forwards bef.