![]() ![]() 2īy the end of November 1941 the Japanese had completed their over-all preparations for war against the United States, Great Britain, and the Netherlands. Their desperate stand on Bataan and Corregidor became the universal symbol of resistance against the Japanese and an inspiration for the Filipinos to carry on the struggle until the Allied forces should fight their way back from New Guinea and Australia, liberate the Philippines, and then press on to the Japanese homeland itself. l) Their tenacious defense against tremendous odds completely upset the Japanese military timetable and enabled the Allies to gain precious months for the organization of the defense of Australia and the vital eastern areas of the Southwest Pacific. The devastating attack against Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 1 and the subsequent Japanese thrusts in Asia left only one important obstacle in the path of the Japanese onslaught to the Southwest Pacific-General MacArthur and his small forces, isolated in the Philippines. ![]() ![]() Chapter 1: The Japanese Offensive in the Pacific ![]()
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