Return to Victory

MacArthur's Epic Liberation of the Philippines

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By James P. Duffy

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General Douglas MacArthur's bloody campaign to defeat die-hard Japanese forces and liberate the Philippines
 
“I shall return,” General Douglas MacArthur promised the Filipino people following the Japanese invasion and occupation of the Philippines in spring 1942. The people there believed MacArthur’s vow—and even Americans were stirred by his dramatic pledge. Now, two and half years later, MacArthur was ready to fulfill his promise–the liberation of the Philippines was about to begin.
 
It would not be an easy campaign. The more than 7,000 islands of the Philippine archipelago were the key to taking down the Japanese Empire—and the Imperial forces were prepared to sacrifice every man and every ship to prevent MacArthur from regaining control of them.
 
Covering both the strategic and tactical aspects of the campaign through the participation of its soldiers, sailors, and airmen, as well as its commanders, James P. Duffy leads readers through a vivid account of the nearly year-long, bloody campaign to defeat over a quarter million die-hard Japanese defenders in the Pacific theater. Return to Victory is a wide-ranging, dramatic and stirring account of MacArthur’s epic liberation of the Philippines.

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Mar 16, 2021
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
Hachette Books
ISBN-13
9780306921919

James P. Duffy

About the Author

James P. Duffy is the author of over a dozen previous books, most on military history. His World War II titles include The Sinking of the Laconia and the U-Boat War, Target America, Hitler’s Secret Pirate Fleet, and War at the End of the World. He has also written on the American Civil War and the rulers of Imperial Russia. He resides with his family in New Jersey.

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