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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 ...
The Battle of Bataan (Tagalog: Labanan sa Bataan; 7 January – 9 April 1942) was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Imperial Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II.
Battle of Bataan 7 January – 9 April 1942; Battle of Corregidor 5–6 May 1942; Battle of Cebu 12–19 May 1942; Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945) 8 May 1942 – 5 July 1945; Philippine resistance against Japan 1941–45; Battle of the Philippine Sea 19–20 June 1944; Battle of Leyte 17 October – 26 December 1944 ...
On January 18, 1942, Colonel Howard Frissell was replaced by Lieutenant Colonel Howard Perry with Major John H. McGee as his executive officer in Digos Sector. 3rd PC Infantry Regiment was replaced by 1/101st Infantry and 1/101st Field Artillery. [3] 101st Special Troops was also attached to the sector to make raids on Japanese positions. First ...
Bataan Airfield was a former wartime United States Army Air Forces airfield on Luzon in the Philippines. It was overrun by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Battle of the Philippines (1942). The airfield was located near the village of Lucanin, south Lamao in Bataan Province.
The Battle of Corregidor (Filipino: Labanan sa Corregidor; Japanese: コレヒドールの戦い), fought on 5–6 May 1942, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
Japanese invasion of Panay (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa isla ng Panay, Hiligaynon: Pagsulong sang mga Hapon sa Panay) on April 16–18, 1942 was the second landing in the Visayas Islands after Fil-American forces surrendered in Bataan on April 9, 1942.
May 1 – Philippines adopts Japan Standard Time at 12:00 a.m. moving the clock one hour ahead. [1] May 3 – Japanese starts to occupy the Philippines. May 5 – Japanese troops lands on Corregidor Island for the last stand of attack by Filipino and American forces. May 6 – Corregidor Island falls to Japanese forces.