Description
Book SynopsisA detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and the other Japanese-held islands in Manila Bay from a determined and well-entrenched enemy.
The islands guarding the entrance to Manila Bay, Luzon, had been seized by the Japanese in May 1942. In February 1945, US forces were back, and closed in on Manila from the north and south against heavy Japanese resistance. A joint US parachute and amphibious assault was planned to capture the largest island Corregidor, using the much-reinforced 503rd PRCT and elements of the 24th Infantry Division and 2nd Engineer Special Brigade. Facing them were over 6,000 Japanese troops recently evacuated from Bataan, where they had been cut off by advancing US forces. General MacArthur desired the island, once a symbol of American defiance, to be liberated with a flourish.
This superbly illustrated work examines the ambitious US assault on Corregidor, which witnessed
Table of Contents
ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN CHRONOLOGY OPPOSING COMMANDERS United States Japan OPPOSING FORCES United States Japan Orders of Battle OPPOSING PLANS United States Japan THE CAMPAIGN Preliminary operations: January 23–February 15, 1945 L-Day on Corregidor: February 16, 1945 Consolidation on Corregidor: February 17–20, 1945 Mop-up on Corregidor: February 21–28, 1945 Taking the outlying islands: March 3–April 16, 1945 AFTERMATH THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY FURTHER READING ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS INDEX
