What the records say
- When
- 7 Jan 1942 – 9 Apr 1942
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 14.67° N, 120.42° E
- Description
- 1942 intense phase of Imperial Japan's invasion of the Philippines during World War II
- War
- World War II
Battle of Bataan
Part of Japan's invasion of the Philippines during WWII
The Battle of Bataan was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against the Empire of Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “WWII: Japanese forces begin the last phase of the Battle of Bataan, an all-out assault on the United States and Filipino troops on the Bataan Peninsula”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “reddition des troupes américaines à Bataan, aux Philippines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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