"January 1966"

Includes bibliographical references

"Volume I narrates the operations of forces under General MacArthur's command from the Japanese attack on Luzon in 1941 through the surrender in 1945 ... Volume I Supplement describes the military phase of the occupation through December 1948, reporting events not treated elsewhere in American publications. Volume II on Japanese operations brings together a mass of information on the enemy now only partially available in many separate works." -- p. iii

[VOL. 1] -- THE CAMPAIGNS OF MACARTHUR IN THE PACIFIC (xv, [1], 490 p.). -- 1. The Japanese offensive in the Pacific -- 2. Establishment of the Southwest Pacific area -- 3. Halting the Japanese -- 4. Clearing of Papua -- 5. Up from Papua -- 6. The westward drive along New Guinea -- 7. The Philippines: strategic objective -- 8. The Leyte operation -- 9. The Mindoro and Luzon operations -- 10. Guerrilla activities in the Philippines -- 11. Operations of the Eighth Army in the southern Philippines -- 12. Final SWPA operations and organization of AFPAC -- 13. "Downfall"--The plan for the invasion of Japan -- 14. Japan's surrender

[VOL. 1. SUPPL.] -- MACARTHUR IN JAPAN: THE OCCUPATION, MILITARY PHASE (xii, 312 p.). -- 1. Prelude to occupation -- 2. Troop movements, dispositions and locations -- 3. The command structure: AFPAC, FEC and SCAP -- 4. Relief of prisoners of war and internees -- 5. Demobilization and disarmament of the Japanese armed forces -- 6. Overseas repatriation movements -- 7. The Eighth Army military government system -- 8. Occupation security and intelligence measures -- 9. Air and Navy components : pt. 1. Far East air forces: initial operations ; pt. 2. U.S. naval command in the Far East: initial operations

[VOL. 2. PT. 1] -- JAPANESE OPERATION IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (xxxx). -- 1. Pre-war Japanese military preparations, 1941 -- 2. Pre-war Japanese espionage and intelligence, 1940-1941 -- 3. Politico-military evolution toward war -- 4. Basic strategy and military organization -- 5. Initial offensives -- 6. Conquest of the Philippines -- 7. Threat to Australia: the Papua offensive -- 8. Defense of Papua -- 9. Fighting withdrawal to western New Guinea -- 10. Western New Guinea operations -- 11. Philippine defense plans -- 12. Prelude to decisive battle

[VOL. 2. PT. 2] -- JAPANESE OPERATION IN THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC AREA (xxxx). -- 13. Struggle for Leyte -- 14. Prelude to the defense of Luzon -- 15. Battle on Luzon -- 16. The central and southern Philippines -- 17. Tokko--"Special-attack" -- 18. Homeland defense: basic plans and preliminary operations -- 19. Homeland defense: strategic setbacks and final preparations -- 20. Decision to surrender -- 21. The return to peace -- Appendix: The Japanese emperor and the war

Volume 2 "compiled from Japanese Demobilization Bureaux records."

2 v. in 4 : 31 cm

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