The Philippines campaign, also known as the Battle of the Philippines or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the Pacific War and World War II
A burial detail of American and Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, following the Bataan Death March.
Advance Japanese landings in the Philippines 8–20 December 1941
Disposition of United States Army forces in the Philippines in December 1941
B-17 at Iba Field in October 1941
Battle of Bataan
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The Battle of Bataan was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against the Empire of Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese inva
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
…evacuate Manila to the Bataan Peninsula ahead of the Japanese advance. Japanese troops captured Manila by 7 January 1942, and after their failure to penetrate the Bataan defensive perimeter in early February, began a 40-day siege, enabled by a naval blockade of the islands. The U.S. and Philippine troops on Bataan eventually surrendered…
Japanese troops occupy Manila, as it is declared an open city to avoid its destruction, 2 January 1942
WWII First Line of Defense Memorial (Dinalupihan, Bataan, Philippines)
Defense of the Layac Junction approach to Bataan January 2–6, 1942
Historical Marker (January 6, 1942)