After WW2, with Quezon having passed away during the war, Sergio Osmeña was made the head of the Commonwealth of the Philippines. As planned in 1935, the Philippine Islands were originally slated to become an independent nation, but the war interrupted the transition process; it was declared...
History of the Philippines - World War II: Japanese aggression in China prompted much attention to military preparedness. Nearly one-fourth of the national budget was devoted to defense. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, retiring as army chief of staff in Washingt
by Walter F. BellAteneo de Manila University PressPhilippine StudiesBell, Walter F., The Philippines in World War II, 1941-1945: A Chronology and Select Annotated Bibliography of Books and Articles in English (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1999)....
The Battle of Saipan, which was fought June 15 to July 9, 1944, during World War II, saw U.S. forces capture the island, allowing them to use it as a base to launch direct attacks on Japan.
The Philippines in World War II, 1941-45 电子书 读后感 评分☆☆☆ 评分☆☆☆ 评分☆☆☆ 评分☆☆☆ 评分☆☆☆ 类似图书 点击查看全场最低价 出版者: 作者:Bell, Walter F. 编 出品人: 页数:288 译者: 出版时间:1999-12 价格:$ 115.20 装帧: isbn...
What Started WW2? Unlike World War I, which was sparked by the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in 1914, the buildup to the second world war was gradual, and included events in many parts of the world. Most consider the start of the war to be the German invasion of Poland on Septembe...
ww2dbaseJapanese atrocities started even before all of the Philippine Islands were taken. United States Marine officer Lieutenant Michael Dobervich, a prisoner of war in the Philippine Islands, remembered his treatment. We drove along through the very congested road (Dobervich was forced to drive a...
Operation Torch(火炬行动) [initially called Operation Gymnast(体育家行动)] was the British-American invasion of French North Africa in World War II during the North African Campaign, started on November 8 1942. The Soviet Union (苏联) had pressed the U.S. and Britain to start operations in ...
The Second World War started on September 1, 1939 when Germany attacked Poland. Britain, France, Australia and New Zealand declared war on Germany two days after the invasion. Later, they were joined by South Africa and Canada.第二次世界大战始于1939年9月1日德国入侵波兰。英国,法国,澳大利亚和新...
Most consider the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to be the beginning of the war. Others say it started when the Japanese invaded Manchuria on September 18, 1931. Others even regard World War I, which culminated in the Peace with the Central Powers in 1921 and World War ...