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Indlæser... MacArthur's Victoryaf Harry A. Gailey
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Unfortunately this book suffers from the relative obscurity of its subject matter. This is not a part of WW2 that is well covered in other books and the author does very little to engage the reader or set the larger setting. There aren't any maps and the author jumps right in with names of places most people will never have heard of. This makes it impossible to relate one battle to another, make sense of distances or terrain or timelines. It also could have used an overview of the island and its inhabitants and terrain too, as it was a unique setting for the war, but that was left out too. Unfortunately this makes it extremely difficult to read and place in the greater context of the war. Unfortunately this book suffers from the relative obscurity of its subject matter. This is not a part of WW2 that is well covered in other books and the author does very little to engage the reader or set the larger setting. There aren't any maps and the author jumps right in with names of places most people will never have heard of. This makes it impossible to relate one battle to another, make sense of distances or terrain or timelines. It also could have used an overview of the island and its inhabitants and terrain too, as it was a unique setting for the war, but that was left out too. Unfortunately this makes it extremely difficult to read and place in the greater context of the war. Luckily I bought this very cheaply at a library sale. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
A GREAT WARRIOR AT THE PEAK OF HIS POWERS In March 1942, General Douglas MacArthur faced an enemy who, in the space of a few months, captured Malaya, Burma, the Philippines, the Dutch East Indies, and, from their base at Raubaul in New Britain, threaten Australia. Upon his retreat to Australia, MacArthur hoped to find enough men and matériel for a quick offensive against the Japanese. Instead, he had available to him only a small and shattered air force, inadequate naval support, and an army made up almost entirely of untried reservists. Here is one of history’s most controversial commanders battling his own superiors for enough supplies, since President Roosevelt favored the European Theater; butting heads with the Navy, which opposed his initiatives; and on his way to making good his promise of liberating the Philippines. In the battles for Buna, Lae, and Port Moresby, the capture of Finschhafen, and other major actions, he would prove his critics wrong and burnish an image of greatness that would last through the Korean War. This was the “other” Pacific War: the one MacArthur fought in New Guinea and, against all odds and most predictions, decisively won. No library descriptions found. |
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