Название: The Approach to the PhilippinesАвтор: Robert Ross Smith
Издательство: Center of Military History
Год: 1996
Страниц: 649
Формат: pdf
Размер: 27,63 MB
Язык: английский
"Operations of Allied forces in the Southwest Pacific from April through October 1944 told generally at the level of the regimental combat team-the infantry regiment with its supporting artillery, engineer, tank, medical, and other units."
Contents
The strategic background
Planning and preparation for the Hollandia-Aitape Operation
The Hollandia Operation
The Japanese: Pearl Harbor through Hollandia
Prelude to the Battle of the Driniumor
Deployment for battle
The Battle of the Driniumor, phase I: the 18th Army attacks
The Battle of Driniumor, phase II: the 18th Army retreats
The seizure of Wakde Island
Lone Tree Hill: the initial attacks
Lone Tree Hill and beyond
Biak: the plan, the landing, and the enemy
West to Mokmer Drome
Frustration at Mokmer Drome
The Japanese reinforce Biak
Biak: the reduction of the Japanese pockets
Operations on Noemfoor Island
Airfields on the Vogelkop Peninsula
The Palaus and Morotai: strategic and tactical planning
The Morotai operation
The landings on Peleliu and Angaur
The reduction of Northwestern Angaur
Securing Peleliu Island
Peleliu: the last resistance
Conclusion: the results and the costs.