A detailed and fascinating exploration of the 1945 US combined land, naval and air operation to retake Corregidor and th
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Table of contents :
ORIGINS OF THE CAMPAIGN
CHRONOLOGY
OPPOSING COMMANDERS
United States ▪ Japan
OPPOSING FORCES
United States ▪ Japan ▪ Orders of Battle
OPPOSING PLANS
United States ▪ Japan
THE CAMPAIGN
Preliminary operations: January 23–February 15, 1945
L-Day on Corregidor: February 16, 1945
Consolidation on Corregidor: February 17–20, 1945
Mop-up on Corregidor: February 21–28, 1945
Taking the outlying islands: March 3–April 16, 1945
AFTERMATH
THE BATTLEFIELD TODAY
FURTHER READING
ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
INDEX