Военная история / Battle of Manila: Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February - 3 March 1945

Название: Battle of Manila: Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February - 3 March 1945
Автор(ы): Miguel Miranda
Издательство: Pen & Sword
Год: 2019
Страниц: 130
Язык: English
Формат: True PDF
Размер: 31 MB

Nearly four years of brutal Japanese occupation in WW2 has dimmed Manila's luster. The Philippine capital, surrounding an old Spanish fortress, was once a glittering jewel among America's overseas possessions. And now a vast Allied army led by the indomitable MacArthur is ready to take it back from the Japanese. It is a necessary mission and an urgent one for trapped within the old University of Santo Tomas are thousands of ailing prisoners: men and women, young and old, at risk of torture and death by their captors.