We shall return! : MacArthur's commanders and the defeat of Japan, 1942-1945

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We shall return! : MacArthur's commanders and the defeat of Japan, 1942-1945

Title remainder

MacArthur's commanders and the defeat of Japan, 1942-1945

Statement of responsibility

William M. Leary, editor

Contributor

• Leary, William M., (William Matthew), 1934-2006

Subject

• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
• MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964
• Pacific Area
• HISTORY -- Military | Strategy
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Campaigns -- Pacific Area
• World War (1939-1945)
• United States -- Armed Forces -- Biography
• Electronic books
• 1939-1945
• Armed Forces
• Biography
• United States
• Military campaigns
• HISTORY -- Europe -- Western

Genre

• Biography
• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

They were the forgotten commanders of World War II. While the names of Bradley and Patton became household words for Americans, few could identify Krueger or Eichelberger. They served under General Douglas MacArthur, a military genius with an enormous ego who dominated publicity from the Southwest Pacific during the American advance from Australia, through New Guinea, to the Philippines. While people at home read about the great victories that were won by ""MacArthur's navy"" and ""MacArthur's air force, "" his subordinates labored in obscurity, fearful lest attention from the press lead to the

Cataloging source

EBLCP

Index

index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography