What the records say
- When
- 10 Mar 1945 – 15 Aug 1945
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 8.00° N, 125.00° E
- Description
- 1945 World War II battle
- War
- World War II
Battle of Mindanao
WWII battle in the Pacific theater
The Battle of Mindanao was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the southernmost portions of the archipelago from the Imperial Japanese Army.
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- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “débarquements américains successifs sur Mindanao et sur les îles de l’archipel de Sulu aux Philippines”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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