Philippines Campaign (1941–42) | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-06-17

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00:02:10 1 Background
00:02:20 1.1 Japanese activity
00:02:29 1.1.1 Objectives
00:04:22 1.1.2 Invasion forces
00:08:37 1.2 Defenses
00:08:46 1.2.1 USAFFE
00:18:02 1.2.2 Mobilization
00:21:15 1.2.3 Other defense forces
00:24:36 2 Far East Air Force controversy
00:35:17 3 Invasion
00:35:26 3.1 Initial landings
00:39:23 3.2 Main attack
00:41:30 3.3 Withdrawal into Bataan
00:45:49 4 Battle of Bataan
00:51:53 5 Battle of Corregidor
00:56:53 6 Aftermath
00:58:59 6.1 Importance
00:59:48 7 USAFFE order of battle, 3 December 1941; casualty reports
01:00:05 7.1 United States Army Forces Far East
01:13:31 7.2 Philippine Army
01:20:34 7.3 United States Navy
01:32:42 7.4 United States Marine Corps
01:33:52 7.5 Miscellaneous
01:34:55 8 See also



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The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas or Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Battle of the Philippines, fought 8 December 1941 – 8 May 1942, was the invasion of the Philippines by Imperial Japan and the defense of the islands by United States and Filipino forces during the Second World War.
The Japanese launched the invasion by sea from Formosa over 200 miles (320 km) to the north of the Philippines. The defending forces outnumbered the Japanese by 3 to 2, however they were a mixed force of non-combat experienced regular, national guard, constabulary and newly created Commonwealth units. The Japanese used first-line troops at the outset of the campaign, and concentrating their forces enabled a swift overrun of most of Luzon during the first month.
The Japanese high command, believing they had won the campaign, made a strategic decision to advance by a month their timetable of operations in Borneo and Indonesia, withdrawing their best division and the bulk of their airpower in early January 1942. This, coupled with the decision of the defenders to withdraw into a defensive holding position in the Bataan Peninsula, enabled the Americans and Filipinos to successfully hold out for four more months.
The conquest of the Philippines by Japan is often considered the worst military defeat in United States history. About 23,000 American military personnel were killed or captured, while Filipino soldiers killed or captured totaled around 100,000.