Triumph in the Philippines.
Material type: TextSeries: United States Army in World War II. War in the Pacific.Publication details: Washington, Office of the Chief of Military History, Dept. of the Army; [for sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govt. Print. Off.] 1963.Description: xxi, 756 p. illus., maps (part fold. col.) diagrs. 26 cmSubject(s): LOC classification:- D769 .A533 vol. 2, pt. 16
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"The sources: a critical note": p. [695]-713. Bibliographical footnotes.
WAR, NEWBERY,
Plans and preparations -- The debate over Luzon -- The plan for invasion -- Preliminary operations and the approach -- Invasion -- Establishing the beachhead -- The enemy -- Expanding the hold -- The logistics of the invasion -- The central plains -- Redeployment and tactical plans -- Securing the Sixth Army's base area -- The capture of Clark Field -- Protecting XIV Corps' rear and flanks -- Securing the Manila Bay area -- Manila: the approach march -- Manila: the defenders and the defenses -- Isolating the battlefield -- The drive toward Intramuros -- Manila: the last resistance -- Back to Bataan -- Corregidor -- Manila Bay: minor operations -- the Shimbu Group and the Visayan Passages -- American plans for post-Manila operations -- The reduction of the Shimbu Group. Phase I: Turning the Shimbu left -- The reduction of the Shimbu Group. Phase II: The seizure of Wawa and IPO dams -- Securing the Visayan Passages -- The conquest for Northern Luzon -- Northern Luzon: the situation and the plans -- The collapse of the Baguio front -- The Bambang front. I: The Villa Verde Trail -- The Bambang front. II: The 25th Division on Route 5 -- Action at the northern apex -- Pursuit in Northern Luzon -- The Southern Philippines -- The campaign begins -- The Central Visayan Islands -- The conquest of Eastern Mindanao -- Conclusion.