{"id":41,"date":"2010-01-01T16:39:18","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T16:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/\/\/uncategorized\/41\/"},"modified":"2019-04-04T18:37:43","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T18:37:43","slug":"41","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertjwallace.com\/es\/41\/","title":{"rendered":"1942 \u2013 el a\u00f1o que puso a prueba las almas de los hombres"},"content":{"rendered":"Leer las cartas que un capit\u00e1n del ej\u00e9rcito destinado en Fort Lewis, Washington, y posteriormente en Oreg\u00f3n, le escribi\u00f3 a mi madre en 1942 ha sido fascinante. No me puedo imaginar c\u00f3mo fue. Hab\u00eda pocas buenas noticias de la guerra. Para quien est\u00e9 interesado, hay un excelente libro titulado "1942 el a\u00f1o que puso a prueba las almas de los hombres<\/a>Antes de la primera carta, la guerra no iba muy bien. Pearl Harbor y la isla Wake en diciembre de 1941. En abril\/mayo de 1942, Filipinas cay\u00f3 y se produjo la Marcha de la Muerte de Bata\u00e1n. Solo en junio surgieron buenas noticias: la derrota japonesa en la Batalla del Mar del Coral y en la Isla Midway. Esto se reconoci\u00f3 posteriormente como un punto de inflexi\u00f3n en la guerra del Pac\u00edfico, pero en aquel momento solo fueron las primeras buenas noticias tras el asalto japon\u00e9s a las islas. \u00bfQu\u00e9 noticias hab\u00eda en el momento de las cartas? Carta 1: 28 de julio de 1942: Londres y Birmingham bombardeados por los nazis. Duros combates en El Alamein. Fuerzas rusas combatiendo en Stalingrado. Carta 2: 26 de agosto de 1942: Titular: \u00abStalingrado en peligro inminente de asedio\u00bb. Infantes de marina combatiendo en las Islas Salom\u00f3n. Carta 3: 28 de septiembre de 1942: Infantes de marina, superados en n\u00famero 10 a 1, repelieron el ataque japon\u00e9s en Guadalcanal. Llevaban siete semanas combatiendo. Alemania enviaba m\u00e1s tropas a Stalingrado. Carta 4 \u2013 14 de octubre de 1942 \u2013 Los marines a\u00fan resisten en Guadalcanal. Dos cruceros japoneses se hunden. El ej\u00e9rcito aumentar\u00e1 a 7.500.000 hombres. Carta 5 \u2013 13 de noviembre de 1942 \u2013 \u00abLos rojos a\u00fan resisten en Stalingrado\u00bb. Las fuerzas aliadas desembarcan en el norte de \u00c1frica.\r\n\r\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Reading through the letters written to my mom during 1942, from an Army Captain stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington and later in Oregon has been fascinating.  I can’t imagine what it was like.  There was little good news from the war.  For anyone interested, there is an excellent book titled "1942 el a\u00f1o que puso a prueba las almas de los hombres<\/a>".<\/p>\n

Prior to the first letter the war was not going too well.  Pearl Harbor and Wake Island in December 1941.  In April\/May 1942 the Philippines fell and the Bataan Death march occurred.  Only in June did some good news come out, the defeat of the Japanese at the Battle of the Coral Sea and at Midway Island.  This later has been recognized as a turning point in the war in the Pacific but at the time it was really only the first good news after the Japanese stormed across the islands.<\/p>\n

So what was in the news at the time of the letters:<\/p>\n

letter 1 – July 28 1942 – London and Birmingham being bombed by the Nazis.  Stiff fighting at El Alamein.  Russian forces fighting at Stalingrad.<\/p>\n

letter 2 – Aug 26 1942 – Headline: "Stalingrad in immediate peril of siege". Marines fighting in the Solomon Islands.<\/p>\n

letter 3 – Sept 28 1942 – Marines, outnumbered 10 to 1 beat off Japanese attack at Guadalcanal.  They had been fighting for seven weeks.  Germany was rushing more troops to Stalingrad.<\/p>\n

letter 4 – Oct. 14 1942 – Marines still holding ground at Guadalcanal.  Two japanese Cruisers sunk.  Army to swell to 7,500,000 men.<\/p>\n

letter 5 – Nov 13 1942 – "Reds still hold at Stalingrad".  Allied forces land in North Africa.<\/p>\n

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