An account of the long and bloody fight that decided the fate of the Philippines in World War II.
Nathan N. Prefer Livres
Nathan N. Prefer est un étudiant de longue date de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dont l'étude approfondie de l'époque informe ses œuvres d'histoire militaire. Il explore des campagnes cruciales et des figures clés avec une recherche méticuleuse. L'intérêt de Prefer pour l'histoire militaire a été approfondi par son service dans la Réserve du Corps des Marines des États-Unis. Maintenant à la retraite et titulaire de diplômes d'études supérieures dans ce domaine, il poursuit son examen dévoué de l'histoire militaire, en se concentrant sur des aspects significatifs du conflit.
A comprehensive history of the U.S. Ninth Army, from its formation and organization, through its constituent units and commanders to narrative of the key battles it took part in August 1944-May 1945.
Patton's ghost corps
- 272pages
- 10 heures de lecture
Discusses the role of Major General Walton Walker's "ghost corps" during World War II, when they were left by General Patton to defend the entire Third Army frontline
Eisenhower'S Thorn on the Rhine
- 336pages
- 12 heures de lecture
By the fall of 1944 the Western Allies appeared to be having it all their own way. The summer's Normandy invasion had finally succeeded and the Germans had been driven out of northern France and most of the Low Countries. číst celé
In July 1944, the 9,000-man Japanese garrison on the island of Tinian listened warily as the thunder of the United States Navy and Marine Corps, Army and Air Corps, descended on their neighbouring island, Saipan, just three miles away.
The first full history of the longest island campaign of the Pacific War.