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Paperback The Fall of the Philippines 1941-42 Book

ISBN: 1849086095

ISBN13: 9781849086097

The Fall of the Philippines 1941-42

(Part of the Osprey Campaign (#243) Series and Osprey Campaign (#243) Series)

The Philippine Islands were one of two major US bases in the Pacific, the other being Pearl Harbor. The Japanese considered the capture of the Philippines crucial for its efforts to control resource-laden Southeast Asia. As opposed to its attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese intention was to invade and occupy the Philippines in a campaign that was to last five months.

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