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The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the United States territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the ...
Despite considerable advance warning of the impending invasion, American forces in the Philippines were ill-prepared. Lingayen Gulf was the most logical site for a large invasion force to land, but the entire 120 mile coast was protected by only two Philippine Commonwealth Army divisions, of which only one had any artillery. The Americans ...
The Japanese Invasion of Davao (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Davao, Jolo at Arkipelago ng Sulu, Cebuano: Pagsulong sa Hapon sa Davao, Jolo ug Kapuloan sa Sulu) and on Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago on 19 December 1941 was one in a series of advance landings made by Imperial Japanese forces as first step in their invasion of the Philippines.
Japanese troops celebrate their conquest of Bataan Peninsula, Philippines. Japan launched an attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941, just ten hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor. [3] Initial aerial bombardment was followed by landings of ground troops both north and south of Manila. [4]
The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II. In January 1942, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon along with several islands in the Philippine Archipelago after the bombing of the American naval base at Pearl Harbor.
The invasion was mainly launched from the Japanese port of Takao in Taiwan on 8 December 1941. The Batan Island invasion force, under the overall command of Vice Admiral Sueto Hirose, consisted of a 490-man naval combat unit and an indeterminate number of air corps troops, on two transports (Teiun Maru, Kumagawa Maru) escorted by the destroyer Yamagumo, four Chidori-class torpedo boats [5 ...
The Japanese Invasion of Aparri (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Aparri, Ilocano: Panagraut dagiti Hapon iti Aparri) on 10 December, 1941, was one in a series of advance landings made by Imperial Japanese forces as a first step in their invasion of the Philippines. The purpose was to obtain control of local air strips, which could be used ...
Japanese Invasion in Cagayan de Oro, (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Cagayan de Oro, Cebuano: Pagsulong sa mga Hapon sa Cagayan de Oro) a military conflict during early days of World War II in the Philippines. It took place from May 6 to 12, 1942.