The Greatest War - Volume I From Pearl Harbor

One of the nation's most acclaimed military historians presents an authoritative and dramatic three-volume oral history of World War II. This volume includes gripping accounts from American sailors, soldiers, airmen, and marines who share their experiences from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the fall of Bataan, up through the earliest battles on European soil.

World War II veteran Gerald Astor drew upon his combat experiences to author more than a dozen war books. He received his B.A. from Princeton University before working as the picture editor at Sports Illustrated during its early years and as an editor at Sport magazine, Look, The Saturday Evening Post, and Time. He died in 2008 at eighty-one.

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

``This Is Not a Drill!''

1

(27)

Preattack Maneuvers

28

(15)

The Philippine Defenses

43

(28)

Still Asleep

71

(31)

Early Engagements

102

(23)

Retreat

125

(31)

The East Indies

156

(33)

The Fall of Bataan

189

(38)

The Death March and Morale Missions

227

(35)

Final Defeat in the Philippines

262

(20)

At Sea and in the Air

282

(37)

American Airpower Concepts

319

(18)

Opening Offensives

337

(32)

Paratroopers, Raiders, Rangers, Marauders, Alamo Scouts

369

(21)

Torch

390

(32)

Grim Glimmers

422

(28)

Defeat

450

(37)

Tunisia

487

(22)

Roll Call

509

(25)

Bibliography

534

(11)

Index

545

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The Greatest War - Volume I From Pearl Harbor to the Kasserine Pass

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