Table of Data Points

Tag : Philippines

1942-01-071942-04-09Battle of Battan

The Battle of Bataan represented the most intense phase of Japan's invasion of the Philippines. The Philippine Islands was crucial to their to control the Southwest Pacific, seize the resource-rich Dutch East Indies, and protect its Southeast Asia flank.

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1942-01-02Manila Falls

Manila is captured by Japanese forces.

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1941-12-12Batangas Air Field

Fifty four Japanese A6M Zero fighters raid Batangas Field, Philippines. Jesus Villamor and four Filipino fighter pilots fend them off; Cesar Basa, the first Filipino casualty of the war, is killed.

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1941-12-10Philippines Campaign

Imperial Japanese forces under the command of General Masaharu Homma land on the Philippine mainland.

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1941-12-09Japanese Ships Attacked

The 19th Bombardment Group attacks Japanese ships off the coast of Vigan, Luzon.

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1941-12-08Batan Island Landing

The Japanese 14th Army began its invasion of the Philippines with a landing on Batan Island (not to be confused with Bataan Peninsula), 190 km off the north coast of Luzon

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