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The Battle for Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942) was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 ended all organized opposition by the U.S. Army Forces Far East to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern Philippines. The island bastion of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of defensive armament, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, was the remaining obstacle to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma. The Japanese had to take Corregidor; as long as the island remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of Manila Bay, the finest natural harbor in the Far East.

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  • Battle of Corregidor
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  • The Battle for Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942) was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 ended all organized opposition by the U.S. Army Forces Far East to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern Philippines. The island bastion of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of defensive armament, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, was the remaining obstacle to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma. The Japanese had to take Corregidor; as long as the island remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of Manila Bay, the finest natural harbor in the Far East.
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  • 13000(xsd:integer)
  • 75000(xsd:integer)
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Date
  • --05-05
Commander
  • George F. Moore
  • Jonathan M. Wainwright
  • Kizon Mikami
  • Kureo Taniguchi
  • Masaharu Homma
  • Samuel L. Howard
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  • --05-06
Casualties
  • 800(xsd:integer)
  • 900(xsd:integer)
  • 1000(xsd:integer)
  • 1200(xsd:integer)
  • 11000(xsd:integer)
Result
  • Japanese victory
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  • *
Place
  • Corregidor island in Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippines
Conflict
  • Battle of Corregidor
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  • The Battle for Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942) was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942 ended all organized opposition by the U.S. Army Forces Far East to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern Philippines. The island bastion of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of defensive armament, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, was the remaining obstacle to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma. The Japanese had to take Corregidor; as long as the island remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of Manila Bay, the finest natural harbor in the Far East. The US and Filipino army recaptured the island in 1945.
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