Smith, Robert Ross
United States Army in World War II: War in the Pacific
The Approach to the Philippines
Washington DC: Government Printing Office, 1953
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: xviii + 623 + maps
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Robert Ross Smith
See also series of books:
United States Army in World War II
United States Army: War in the Pacific
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Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks operations, 1942-1945
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Central Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945: Official histories
Landings on Angaur Island, September - October 1944
Landings on Peleliu Island, September - October 1944
Landings on Ulithi Island, September 1944
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
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United States: Official histories
United States: Official histories, ground
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Feedback from visitors
Feedback from Richard Pryce on Tuesday, 22 February 2005
Rates this book: 
This is an excellent account of the campaign by SWPA Forces advance towards the Phillipines. Not so well known battles in this theatre are dealt with in considerable detail. Although these volumes deal with the main U S Army Operations throughout there is good background to all of the supporting forces engaged. The battles along The Driniumor and the conquest of Biak are covered in detail.The development of the Island hopping aspect of the Pacific War are neatly explaind within this volume and the preceeding volumes. What is so revealing about this volume and all the others in The Pacific War Series is the Myth of the Japanese Superman. In all of these works it is astonishing that U S and Allied Forces maintained the upper hand over the Japanese once Gaudalcanel had been siezed and pushed back towards Buna over the Kokoda Trail in New Guinea. Highly recommended in this volume and all the others is the detailed Maps within the Book and as end supplements.
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