Doomed from the start -- The Siege of Bataan -- Bataan has fallen -- Corregidor: the rock -- We are not barbarians -- Hell on the high seas -- Per unitatem vis -- Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor
Summary
By any measure, the battles of Bataan and Corregidor were among the most intensely fought and devastating episodes in the World War II Pacific theater. Beginning in early 1942, the Japanese Imperial Army invaded the Philippines in an attempt to control the Pacific region and expand its sphere of influence. The defense and last stand of Filipino and American allied forces marked the largest surrender in their respective military histories. Their efforts slowed the Japanese advance but only at great cost. John A. Adams Jr. provides a new and compelling exploration of these pivotal events by reco
