The fall of the Philippines, 1941-42
The Philippine Islands stood in the way of Japanese expansion in the Pacific, and were therefore an immediate target when war broke out in December 1941. Defended by a mixed Filipino-American force under the flamboyant Douglas MacArthur, the islands were hit by surprise Japanese aerial attacks that...
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. Japan and the United States : opposing powers in the Pacific
- Japanese interests and motivations for war
- The Philippines : America's Far Eastern outpost
- Chronology
- Opposing commanders. US commanders
- Japanese commanders
- Opposing forces. US and Philippine forces
- Imperial Japanese forces
- Orders of battle
- Opposing plans. Japan's move to war
- American defense of the Philippines
- The battle for the Philippines. Japanese air superiority and the bumbling nincompoops
- The Japanese invasion of Luzon
- The Japanese strike south
- Defending northern Luzon
- The Lingayen Gulf landings
- "WPO-3 is in effect"
- The Japanese strike at Lamon Bay
- The retreat to Bataan
- Bataan : the final refuge
- The Japanese break the Abucay and Mauban lines
- The Battle for the Points Homma retreats north
- MacArthur's last stand on Corregidor
- The final assault and fall of Bataan
- The Bataan Death March
- Corregidor falls
- Southern Philippines operations
- Final surrender
- Aftermath
- The battlefields today