Luzon 1945

The final liberation of the Philippines

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Luzon 1945

The final liberation of the Philippines

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A highly illustrated account of the bitter struggle for the Philippine island of Luzon between the US and Japan, the largest land campaign in the Pacific War.

Driven from the Philippines in 1942, General Douglas MacArthur returned three years later to force the Japanese off of its main island of Luzon. Containing the capital of Manila, vital natural resources as well as thousands of Allied prisoners of war, the triumph at Luzon would be a vital step on the road to victory as the Americans continued to island-hop their way towards the Japanese home islands.

This study details one of the hardest-fought campaigns of the Pacific War with Japanese fatalities alone on Luzon topping 200,000. Emphasizing the differences in Japanese and American strategy, and detailing the combat operations of the campaign, this volume tells the story of how MacArthur kept his promise to return and liberate the Philippines.

Table of Contents

Origins of the Campaign
Chronology

Opposing Commanders
Opposing Forces
Opposing Plan
The Campaign

Aftermath
The Battlefield Today
Further Reading
Index

Product details

Published 20 Apr 2017
Format Paperback
Edition 1st
Extent 96
ISBN 9781472816283
Imprint Osprey Publishing
Dimensions 248 x 184 mm
Series Campaign
Short code CAM 306
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Author

Clayton K. S. Chun

Clayton K.S. Chun, Ph.D., is on the U.S. Army War…

Illustrator

Giuseppe Rava

Giuseppe Rava was born in Faenza in 1963, and took…

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