Battle of the Philippines 1942

Dolly Fabian

December 8,1941

● 10 hours after Pearl Harbor ● American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines

withdrew to Java on December 12, 1941.● Japanese landed Dec 22, 1941

o Central Luzon to Manila

● MacArthur declared Manila an open city ● 3:2 Japanese to American/ Filipino● MacArthur secretly left the Philippines by

orders of FDR o Wainwright in charge

● May 6, 1942

Bataan Death March

● resistance against the Japanese in Bataan and Corregidor lasted only three months

● 60,000- 80,000 American- Filipino POW ● about 60-70 miles ● Bataan to Balanga

Right: Gen WainwrightLeft: MacAurthur

Questions

Who was the president of the Philippines during this time? Manuel Quezon What happened to the POW? They were treated more like patients than prisoners by the Japanese? Why were the American troops in the Philippines?The Americans were occupying the Philippines.

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