Corregidor: Siege and Liberation, 1941-1945 Grehan John
This collection of images shows how US warships, and, in particular, submarines helped sustain the garrison.Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had…
Specifikacia Corregidor: Siege and Liberation, 1941-1945 Grehan John
This collection of images shows how US warships, and, in particular, submarines helped sustain the garrison.Singapore and Hong Kong had fallen to the forces of Imperial Japan, Thailand and Burma had been invaded and islands across the Pacific captured. But one place, one tiny island fortress garrisoned by a few thousand hungry and exhausted men, refused to be beaten. That island fortress was Corregidor which guarded the entrance to Manila Bay and controlled all sea-borne access to Manila Harbor. At a time when every news bulletin was one of Japanese success, Corregidor shone as the only beacon of hope in the darkness of defeat.The Japanese 14th Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma, threw everything it had at Corregidor, officially named Fort Mills. But deep within the island's rocky heart, a tunnel had been excavated into Malinta Hill and there the US
Theresienstadt 1941-1945
Siege Sutherland John
Naval Siege of Japan 1945
No. 146 Squadron 1941-1945
Hess, ztracená léta 1941-1945