The Approach to the Philippines

by Robert Ross Smith

Book Overview

(Includes maps) "The Approach to the Philippines" deals principally with lesser known but highly interesting amphibious and ground operations along the New Guinea coast during 1944 and also relates the Army's part in the conquest of the southern Palau Islands. Opening the way for the Allied invasion of the Philippine Islands in the fall of 1944, the operations described in this volume involved all the mechanics of modem warfare - the complexities...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1515192067
• ISBN13: 9781515192060
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 654 Pages
• Weight: 2.46 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 7.0" x 10.0"