[DOC] [TLE] Battle of Bataan - Wikipedia [PAR] The Battle of Bataan (7 January  9 April 1942) was a battle that represented the 
most intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World 
War II. In January 1942, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded 
.... For the first time in World War II, American troops faced Japanese soldiers on... [DOC] [TLE] Philippines Campaign (194142) - Wikipedia [PAR] The Philippines Campaign (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the 
Philippines, fought 8 December 1941  8 May 1942, was the invasion of the 
Philippines by Japan and the defense of the islands by Filipino and United States 
forces. The Japanese launched the invasion by sea from Formosa over 200 miles 
to ... The Japanese used first-line troops at the outset of the campaign... [DOC] [TLE] Philippine Islands - US Army Center Of Military History [PAR] Oct 3, 2003 ... Capture of the Philippine Islands was crucial to Japan's effort to control ... bastion 
on the Malay Peninsula, capitulated on 15 February 1942. ... units of Filipino 
soldiers led for the most part by American officers. ... The burden placed upon 
military shipping to carry out the task proved overwhelming, and the... [DOC] [TLE] 1942: Fall of the Philippines - Olive-Drab [PAR] 1942: Fall of the Philippines information and photos from Olive-Drab.com. ... 
Today in WW II: 25 Oct 1943 American and New Zealand troops land at Mono ... 
Ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese staged disastrous air ... 
he ordered the withdrawal of forces on Luzon to the Bataan Peninsula, a tongue 
of... [DOC] [TLE] Battle of the Philippines - Strategic Overview [PAR] The American and Philippine defenders finally surrendered to the Japanese ... in 
1942 and his indifference to the welfare of Australian troops fighting and dying ... 
be overwhelmed and forced to surrender before an American fleet could fight its 
... the defending forces would withdraw to the heavily fortified Bataan peninsula... [DOC] [TLE] Invasion of the Philippine Islands | World War II Database [PAR] Starting on 20 Dec, the Japanese Army landed on Mindanao and then Luzon, ..... 
2 Jan 1942, Japanese troops captured Naval Base Cavite in the Philippine 
Islands. ... Filipino-American forces both raced to capture Morong on Bataan 
Peninsula, .... 10 Apr 1942, The Japanese, overwhelmed with 76,000 captives at 
Bataan... [DOC] [TLE] Bataan Death March - World War II - HISTORY.com [PAR] The day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, on December 
7, ... Bataan Death March: April 1942 ... In February 1945, U.S.-Filipino forces 
recaptured the Bataan Peninsula, and Manila was liberated in early March. After 
the war, an American military tribunal tried Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu
,... [DOC] [TLE] The Battling Bastards of Bataan - America in WWII magazine [PAR] At 2 a.m. on April 9, 1942, Filipino and American troops who had been trapped 
on the Bataan peninsula of the Philippines' Luzon island for three ... since July, 
overestimated his Filipino soldiers and underestimated the Japanese. .... and 
rested Japanese army, supported by endless artillery barrages and 
overwhelming air... [DOC] [TLE] Corregidor: The last battle in the fall of the Philippines | HistoryNet [PAR] Apr 23, 2012 ... Beginning on the morning of April 10, 1942, the tadpole-shaped fortress island ... 
Japanese troops were busily moving 75 of the same powerful artillery pieces that 
had smashed the American-Filipino lines on the peninsula a few days earlier, ... 
The Rock's Malinta Tunnel complexthe army's underground... [DOC] [TLE] Japanese Occupation of the Philippines  WW2 (1942  1945 ... [PAR] 1942, Apr/May  Philippine and American forces surrender in Bataan and 
Corregidor ... Beginning at Manila, the Japanese quickly overwhelmed the troops 
on the ... The American /Filipino ground troops withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Military History Online - MacArthur's Failures in the Philippines [PAR] Apr 22, 2007 ... On 26 July 1941, after hearing that 30,000 Japanese troops had landed at .... 
withdrawal of all American and Filipino forces to the Bataan Peninsula. ...

Question: 1942: American & Philippine troops are overwhelmed by Japanese forces on this peninsula
Answer: Bataan