Angels of the underground : the American women who resisted the Japanese in the Philippines in World War II / Theresa Kaminski.

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When the Japanese began their brutal occupation of the Philippines in January 1942, 76,000 ill and starving Filipino and American troops tried to hold out on Bataan and Corregidor. That spring, most of the men were thrown into Japanese POW camps while dozens of others slipped away to organize guerri...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kaminski, Theresa, 1958- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 > Underground movements > Philippines.
World War, 1939-1945 > Participation, Female.
Philippines > History > Japanese occupation, 1942-1945.
Women guerrillas > Philippines > History > 20th century.
Americans > Philippines > History > 20th century.
Americans.
Military participation > Female.
Underground movements, War.
Women guerrillas.
Philippines.
1900 - 1999
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:x, 497 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • The colonial Philippines
  • The four women
  • Manila on the edge
  • The Japanese attack
  • The Japanese occupation of Manila
  • Bataan
  • "Is the war over?"
  • Organizing relief and resistance in Manila
  • Cabanatuan
  • Guerrillas in the midst of the occupation
  • The Manila underground
  • Betrayal
  • The unraveling [or "The fat is in the fire"]
  • The war returns
  • Bloodletting and liberation
  • Freedom
  • Resolution.