Senin, 24 Juli 2017

MacArthur’s Defense of the Philippines, 1941-42

Sound decisions helped create a roadblock to Japan’s Pacific blitzkrieg. The Japanese offensive that began World War II in the Pacific targeted the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, British and Dutch possessions in resource-rich Malaysia and Indonesia, and America’s most advanced Pacific base, the Philippines. Quickly seizing the Philippines was particularly vital to Japan’s …

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