Название: Rampage: MacArthur, Yamashita, and the Battle of Manila
Автор: James M. Scott
Издательство: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393246949
Год: 2018
Формат: EPUB
Страниц: 640
Для сайта: LitMy
Размер: 53,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
Before World War II, Manila was a slice of America in Asia, populated with elegant neoclassical buildings, spacious parks, and home to thousands of U.S. servicemen and business executives who enjoyed the relaxed pace of the tropics. The outbreak of the war, however, brought an end to the good life. General Douglas MacArthur, hoping to protect the Pearl of the Orient, declared the Philippine capital an open city and evacuated his forces. The Japanese seized Manila on January 2, 1942, rounding up and interning thousands of Americans.
MacArthur, who escaped soon after to Australia, famously vowed to return. For nearly three years, he clawed his way north, obsessed with redeeming his promise and turning his earlier defeat into victory.