Leaving the Philippines wasn’t a “strategy” by MacArthur; he was ordered to leave by Roosevelt. It should also be noted that MacArthur’s handling of the opening phases of the Philippines campaign was sloppy; as I recall, he was caught unprepared by the Japanese invasion, even though by the time it started he had already heard about the raid on Pearl Harbor.
What WWII material are you reading?
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What WWII books are you guys reading?
I have been reading a lot on U-Boat.net.
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Waterloo (200 year anniversary in June), by Bernard Cornwell. Is an easy read and right up my alley.
Apologies Worsham: I have just noticed you said WW2 material.
I still have: Hitler’s Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front (by the bed), but have not opened it for 10 days. It is not the sort of book you can read cover to cover. -
My current reading material is connected to WWII, but somewhat indirectly: Margaret MacMillan’s book The war that ended peace : how Europe abandoned peace for the First World War. A book on the events (1900-1914) leading up to the event (WWI) that led up to WWII (a couple of decades later).
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I gets reading dun at Axisandallies.org
That’s where the WWII learnings happen.
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@wittmann:
Waterloo (200 year anniversary in June), by Bernard Cornwell. Â Is an easy read and right up my alley.
Apologies Worsham: I have just noticed you said WW2 material.
I still have: Hitler’s Panzer Armies on the Eastern Front (by the bed), but have not opened it for 10 days. It is not the sort of book you can read cover to cover.Any books are fine. I like to get pointed to good reads.
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