According to the book description of
The Battle for Snow Mountain, it "is a comic novel which begins with a
surreal picture of The Snow Mountains, during the German WWII breakthrough into
the Ardennes in the winter of 44. Richard thinks their first days at the front
make sense. Timmons believes their actions are ridiculous. Because their inept,
absurd Captain takes them up the wrong road, the two GIs are captured and sent
to a POW camp. During an American air raid, the soldiers escape from the camp to
the Russian zone, and then end up in Paris. After their misadventures, Timmons
still thinks their war effort made no sense, whereas Richard believes their
actions were necessary and meaningful."
According to the book description of
The Battle of Bataan: A Complete History, "Fought with obsolete and
discarded equipment by an army made up of mostly untrained Filipinos, the Battle
of Bataan has truly become the "forgotten battle" of World War II despite the
fact that it represents the single largest surrender in American and Filipino
military history. This book provides a complete history of the battle by also
looking at the events which led up to the fall of Bataan. It begins with an
overview of the Philippine, American, and Japanese forces which fought on Bataan,
followed by chapters looking at the military buildup, the counterattack in the
II Corps and the withdrawal from Abucay, the Japanese invasion, the Battle for
the Points, the Battle of the Pockets, and, finally, the surrender and death
march. The book contains dozens of period and modern photographs and several
maps."
According to the book description of
Fall of the Philippines: The Desperate Struggle Against the Japanese Invasion,
1941-1942, "World War II began for the United States with the Japanese
attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, followed by the invasion of the
Philippine Islands the next day. Unlike the rapid capture of Hong Kong, Wake
Island and Singapore, the war in the Philippines lasted for seven months before
the unprepared American and Filipino forces--cut off from supplies and fighting
with obsolete equipment and without air or naval support--were overwhelmed.
Drawing on diaries and personal accounts, this book chronicles forgotten actions
in the fall of the Philippines through the recollections of American servicemen.
The author covers the 90 day perseverance of Bataan's tiny air force, the first
PT boat raid of the war, the last U.S. horse cavalry charge in history, a lone
U.S. submarine's attack on a Japanese invasion fleet, the deliberate bombing of
Bataan's main field hospital by the Japanese, the difficult and uneasy surrender
of Bataan, Corregidor's doomed resistance and the surrender of the Southern
Islands of the archipelago."
According to the book description of
Final Hours in the Pacific: The Allied Surrenders of Wake Island, Bataan,
Corregidor, Hong Kong and Singapore, "From December 7, 1941, until the
Battle of Midway in June 1942, the war with Japan was a losing one. It was to be
the darkest period of the almost four-year war. During those days, no times were
more trying than the final hours for the men trapped on Wake Island, Bataan,
Corregidor, Hong Kong and Singapore. This book, outlining the bitter end to
their ordeals, covers the crucial days and final hours that led to their
surrender, a capitulation that would shock the free world."
According to the book description of
First 24 Hours of War in the Pacific, "The first the world knew of the
Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, was at 8:00a.m., Hawaiian
time, when the stunning message "AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR X THIS IS NO DRILL"
was hurriedly flashed from Admiral Kimmel's headquarters at Pearl Harbor.
Twenty-four hours and two minutes later, at 1:32p.m., Washington time, the
Congress of the United States officially declared war on the Empire of Japan."
According to the book description of
Wartime Palos Verdes, "Along with the normal effects on everyday life
that WWII presented to most Americans, Palos Verdes, because of its remoteness
and its strategic military location, found itself in a unique situation when the
war broke out on Dec. 7, 1941."
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