[Captain Peter Blood]

About 2 or 3 years ago I read and account of the Battle for Manila by Max Hastings I think. One of the most brutal books on W.W. II I ever read. The atrocities committed by the Japanese were so ming mind boggling that I had to read the book in stages so my mind could comprehend what happened. That might not have happened if the Philippines had been bypassed.

Best book I ever read on MacArthur was William Manchester’s American Caesar.

[alexander_busek]

Best book I ever read on MacArthur was William Manchester’s American Caesar.

Excellent book! Beautiful prose! Very balanced account.

Regards,

[Leaning Right]

> I read and account of the Battle for Manila by Max Hastings I think. One of the most brutal books on W.W. II I ever read <

Some historians rank the top three combat-devastated cities of WW II as Berlin, Warsaw, and Manila. The destruction of first two were unavoidable, I guess. But the destruction of Manila did not have to be.

It was MacArthur‘s ego that allowed it to happen.

[fso301]

The atrocities committed by the Japanese were so ming mind boggling that I had to read the book in stages so my mind could comprehend what happened. That might not have happened if the Philippines had been bypassed.

What realistic option existed to bypassing the Philippines.