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The fall of [[Bataan]] in [[April 9]], [[1942]] ended all organized opposition by the [[USAFF]]E to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern PhilippinesMacArthur to evacuate to the island bastion of Corregidor. The network of tunnels and blistering array of defensive armament on the island, together with a series of fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, provided much stiffer opposition to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army, led by Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma. As long as Corregidor remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of the bay, the finest natural harbor in the Orient. |
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Throughout the siege, despite incessant Japanese aerial, naval and artillery bombardment from December 29, 1941 to the end of April, 1942, American and Filipino forces resisted valiantly, inflicting heavy enemy losses. After successful landing operations by enemy forces and intense fighting on May 5-6, 1942,resulting in another 5,000 Japanese dead and 3,000 wounded,and the defenders 800 dead and 1,100 wounded,Lieut.Gen. Jonathan Wainwright was finally forced to surrender the garrison on Corregidor. The island's defeat marked the fall of Asia, but the Japanese timetable for the conquest of Australia would be severely upset and their advance would be ultimately checked three months later, at the battle for Guadalcanal. |
Throughout the siege, despite incessant Japanese aerial, naval and artillery bombardment from December 29, 1941 to the end of April, 1942, American and Filipino forces resisted valiantly, inflicting heavy enemy losses. After successful landing operations by enemy forces and intense fighting on May 5-6, 1942,resulting in another 5,000 Japanese dead and 3,000 wounded,and the defenders 800 dead and 1,100 wounded,Lieut.Gen. Jonathan Wainwright was finally forced to surrender the garrison on Corregidor. The island's defeat marked the fall of Asia, but the Japanese timetable for the conquest of Australia would be severely upset and their advance would be ultimately checked three months later, at the battle for Guadalcanal. |
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The fall of Bataan in April 9, 1942 ended all organized opposition by the USAFFE to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern PhilippinesMacArthur to evacuate to the island bastion of Corregidor. The network of tunnels and blistering array of defensive armament on the island, together with a series of fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, provided much stiffer opposition to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army, led by Lt. Gen. Masaharu Homma. As long as Corregidor remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of the bay, the finest natural harbor in the Orient.
Throughout the siege, despite incessant Japanese aerial, naval and artillery bombardment from December 29, 1941 to the end of April, 1942, American and Filipino forces resisted valiantly, inflicting heavy enemy losses. After successful landing operations by enemy forces and intense fighting on May 5-6, 1942,resulting in another 5,000 Japanese dead and 3,000 wounded,and the defenders 800 dead and 1,100 wounded,Lieut.Gen. Jonathan Wainwright was finally forced to surrender the garrison on Corregidor. The island's defeat marked the fall of Asia, but the Japanese timetable for the conquest of Australia would be severely upset and their advance would be ultimately checked three months later, at the battle for Guadalcanal.