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Fought with obsolete and discarded equipment by an army mostly made up of untrained Filipinos, the Battle of Bataan has become one of the "forgotten" battles of World War II.
This book provides a complete history of the conflict by looking at the events which led up to the battle, with an overview of the American, Philippine and Japanese forces that fought on Bataan. Abandoned by their commander, Douglas MacArthur, and written off by their president, without an air force or navy to support them, for 90 days the Americans and Filipinos held out against not only the Japanese but the ravages of starvation and disease. In the end came the largest surrender in American military history. The book contains dozens of period and modern photographs and several maps.
Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Military Organizations and Designations
Introduction
1. The Battle Is Joined
2. Counterattack and Withdrawal
3. Invasion from the Sea
4. The Battle for the Points Continues
5. The Battle of the Pockets
6. "We Spit on Our Hands and Waited"
7. Beginning of the End
8. No Gleam of Victory
9. Bataan's Last Hours
10. "Bataan Has Fallen"
Appendix A
192nd and 194th Tank Battalions
Bataan Artillery and Antiaircraft
Bataan Engineers and Quartermaster
The Bataan Hospitals and the Medical Situations
Communications
Appendix B
Refugees
Troop Morale
The Weather and Its Effect
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
