THE BATTLE OF BATAAN

AND CORREGIDOR
BATTLE OF BATAAN (January 7 – April 9, 1942)
 Location: Bataan Peninsula near Manila Bay in
BATTLE Luzon Island, Philippines
OF United States and Philippine Commonwealth against
BATAAN Japan during World War II
(JANUAR The battle represented the most intense phase of the
Y7– Japanese invasion of the Philippines
APRIL 9, Ended on April 9, 1942
1942) 76,000 soldiers surrendered
Japanese victory
Beginning of Bataan Death March
GENERAL DOUGLAS
MCARTHUR
 a career American army
officer and the Commander of
Allied forces in the Philippines
at the time of their surrender to
the Empire of Japan during the
World War II.
 GEN. DOUGLAS
MCARTHUR
Consolidated all of his Luzon-based
units on the
Bataan Peninsula to fight against the
Japanese army.
In Australia, he made his famous
speech in which he
declared “I shall return”.
GENERAL EDWARD P. KING

 Commander of the Bataan

forces
 He was forced to surrender
together with his men when the
Filipino and American soldiers
could no longer defend the Bataan
peninsula from the invasion of
Japanese troops.
 GENERAL MASAHARU
HOMMA
 Lieutenant general in the
Imperial Japanese
 Army during World War II.
 After the war, Homma was
convicted of war crimes relating to
the actions of troops under his
direct command.
 He was executed by firing squad.
 BATAAN DEATH MARCH
Forcible transfer by the Imperial Japanese
Army of 60,000-80,000 American and Filipino
prisoners of war from Saysayin Point, Bagac,
Bataan and Mariveles to Camp O’Donnell,
Capas, Tarlac via San Fernando, Pampanga.
Forced to March 65 miles in 6 days. The
march was characterized by severe physical
abuse and wanton killings, and was later
judged by an Allied military commission to be
a Japanese war crime.
Hundreds of Americans and Filipinos had
died.
 BATTLE OF
CORREGIDOR
CULMINATION OF THE
JAPANESE CAMPAIGN ON
COMMONWEALTH OF THE
PHILIPPINES
 FOUR FORTIFIED ISLANDS
PROTECTING MOUTH OF MANILA BAY
•Fort Mills - General Samuel
Meyers Mills Jr.
•Fort Hughes - Major General
Robert P. Hughes
•Fort Drum - General Richard C.
Drum
•Fort Frank - Brigadier General
Royal T. Frank
 IMPORTANT DATES
May 5, 1942 - Japanese finally secured a
beachhead on the island of the Corregidor and
landed tanks.
May 6, 1942 - The remaining US troops on
Corregidor in the Philippines surrender to the
Japanese. Japanese troops scream, “Banzai”.
1945 – End of war and the liberation of Luzon to
Japanese colonization.