Название: The Approach to the Philippines

Автор: 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.