Pertempuran Filipina (1941–42)

Pertempuran Filipina
	Bagian dari Teater Pasifik Perang Dunia II
Tanggal	8 Desember 1941 – 8 Mei 1942
Lokasi	Filipina
Hasil	Kemenangan Jepang
Pihak terlibat
Filipina; Amerika Serikat	Japan
Tokoh dan pemimpin
Douglas MacArthur; Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (POW); Manuel L. Quezon; Paulino T. Santos; Basilio J. Valdes; Vicente Lim; Alfredo M. Santos; Mateo Capinpin	Masaharu Homma
Kekuatan
Sekitar 151.000	129.435
Korban
25.000 tewas; 21.000 terluka; 100.000 ditangkap	9.000 tewas; 500 hilang; 13,200 terluka; 10.000 sakit

Pertempuran Filipina adalah invasi terhadap Filipina oleh Jepang tahun 1941-42 dan usaha rakyat Filipina dan tentara Amerika Serikat melindungi Filipina.

Komando tinggi Jepang, percaya telah memenangkan kampanye ini, memilih melancarkan operasi terhadap Kalimantan dan Indonesia, memanggil divisi terbaik mereka dan kekuatan udara mereka pada awal Januari 1942.^[3] Hal ini, bersama dengan usaha Filipina dan AS untuk mundur ke Bataan, membuat Amerika dan Filipina dapat bertahan selama empat bulan lebih.

Referensi

^ The Fall of the Philippines p. 18. The Philippine Army totalled 120,000 and the Army of the United States 31,000.
^ Reports of General MacArthur Order of Battle plate. The total includes all elements of divisions assigned to the 14th Army at some point in the campaign, and replacements. The maximum strength of Japanese ground forces was approx. 100,000. The total does not include 12000+ Army air force personnel, whose totals were drastically reduced after January 1, 1942.
^ Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area - Reports of General MacArthur Volume II Diarsipkan 2011-05-23 di Wayback Machine., hal. 104.

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[1] The Fall of the Philippines p. 18. The Philippine Army totalled 120,000 and the Army of the United States 31,000.

[2] Reports of General MacArthur Order of Battle plate. The total includes all elements of divisions assigned to the 14th Army at some point in the campaign, and replacements. The maximum strength of Japanese ground forces was approx. 100,000. The total does not include 12000+ Army air force personnel, whose totals were drastically reduced after January 1, 1942.

[3] Japanese Operations in the Southwest Pacific Area - Reports of General MacArthur Volume II Diarsipkan 2011-05-23 di Wayback Machine., hal. 104.

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