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Battle of the Philippines
Part of the Pacific War

A burial detail of American and Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, following the Bataan Death March.
Date8 December 19418 May 1942
Location
Result Japanese victory
Territorial
changes
Japanese occupation of the Philippines
Belligerents
 Japan

United States

Commanders and leaders
Masaharu Homma
Hideyoshi Obata
Ibō Takahashi
Nishizō Tsukahara
Douglas MacArthur
Jonathan Wainwright Surrendered
George Parker Surrendered
Manuel L. Quezon
Basilio J. Valdes
Strength
129,435 troops
90 tanks
541 aircraft
151,000 troops
108 tanks
277 aircraft
Casualties and losses

Japanese source:
11,225

  • 4,130 killed
  • 287 missing
  • 6,808 wounded

US estimate:
17,000–19,000

  • 7,000 killed or wounded
  • 10,000–12,000 dead of disease

146,000

  • 25,000 killed (Among which are 13,847 American military personnel)
  • 21,000 wounded
  • 100,000 captured
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