 PHILIPPINES CAMPAIGN |
Japan needed to quickly occupy the Philippines to remove the threat of a US presence to their planned occupation of resource-rich territories in Malaya and the Netherlands East Indies. Air attacks, which were simultaneous with Pearl Harbor, quickly destroyed US air capabilities. General Honma’s 14th Army began landings from 10 December. By the end of the month, General MacArthur’s forces were retreating to the Bataan Peninsula, where they held out until May. The Philippines were finally in Japanese hands by 9 June.
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Campaign name | Philippines campaign | ||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign dates | 8 December 1941 – 9 June 1942 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign codename | M Operation | ||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign overview |
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Campaign strength | Army 14th Army Gen Honma Masaharu (Chief of Staff: Lt Gen Maeda Masami)
Lt Gen Morioka Susumu
16th Infantry Group Headquarters 9th Infantry Regiment (Kamijima Detachment) 20th Infantry Regiment 33rd Infantry Regiment (Kimura Detachment) 16th Reconnaissance Regiment 22nd Field Artillery Regiment 16th Engineer Regiment 16th Supply and Transport Regiment
Lt Gen Tsuchibashi Yūichi
48th Infantry Group Headquarters 1st Formosan Infantry Regiment 2nd Formosan Infantry Regiment 47th Infantry Regiment 48th Infantry Regiment 48th Field Artillery Regiment 48th Engineer Regiment 48th Supply and Transport Company
Lt Gen Nara Akira
122nd Infantry Regiment 141st Infantry Regiment 142nd Infantry Regiment 65th Brigade Engineer Regiment
Lt Gen Kitano Kenzō
4th Infantry Group Headquarters 8th Infantry Regiment 37th Infantry Regiment 61st Infantry Regiment 4th Cavalry Regiment 4th Field Artillery Regiment 4th Engineer Regiment 4th Supply and Transport Regiment
Maj Gen Nagano Kameichirō
62nd Infantry Regiment 51st Field Artillery Regiment, 3rd Battalion 21st Engineer Regiment (minus one company)
Maj Gen Kawamura Saburō
41st Infantry Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (one platoon) 20th Independent Mountain Artillery Battalion 22nd Field Artillery Regiment (one company) 23rd Independent Engineer Regiment (one company) 26th Independent Engineer Regiment (two platoons)
Maj Gen Kawaguchi Kiyotake
124th Infantry Regiment 16th Reconnaissance Regiment (one platoon) 21st Field Heavy Artillery Battalion (one company) 22nd Field Artillery Regiment (one company) 23rd Independent Engineer Regiment (one platoon) 26th Independent Engineer Regiment (one company) 44th Embarkation Headquarters (main strength) Line of Communication Unit (part strength)
Maj Gen Sakaguchi Shizuo
Armoured Car Unit 56th Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Battalion
Col Ikuta Torao
32nd Independent Garrison Battalion 33rd Independent Garrison Battalion 34th Independent Garrison Battalion 35th Independent Garrison Battalion
Lt Gen Kitajima Kineo
22nd Field Artillery Regiment 1st Field Heavy Artillery Regiment 8th Field Heavy Artillery Regiment 1st Heavy Artillery Regiment 9th Independent Heavy Artillery Battalion 2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Company 3rd Tractor Unit 1st Balloon Company 5th Artillery Intelligence Regiment Wireless Unit (part strength)
14th Independent Mortar Battalion 15th Independent Mortar Battalion Four independent rapid-fire gun companies 4th Tank Regiment 7th Tank Regiment 3rd Independent Mountain Artillery Regiment 3rd Trench Mortar Battalion 6th Railway Regiment 5th Independent Engineer Regiment, 3rd Company 10th Independent Engineer Regiment 21st Independent Engineer Regiment 28th Independent Engineer Regiment Four field anti-aircraft battalions Two independent field anti-aircraft companies 22nd Air Brigade Maj Gen Mikami Kizō
Col Hoshi Komatarō
74th Independent Squadron 76th Independent Squadron
16th Sentai 11th Air Sector Command 18th Airfield Battalion 48th Airfield Battalion 8th Airfield Company 13th Airfield Company 32nd Airfield Company
62nd Sentai 50th Sentai, 3rd Squadron 96th Airfield Battalion 2nd Field Meteorology Battalion Headquarters 3rd Meteorology Company Navy 3rd Fleet Vice Adm Takahashi Ibo (Chief of Staff: Rear Adm Nakamura Toshihisa)
Vice Adm Takahashi Ibo
Rear Adm Hara Kenzaburō
11th Minesweeper Flotilla 30th Minesweeper Flotilla
Minelaying Unit 2nd Base Force
Rear Adm Takagi Takeo
4th Air Flotilla 11th Air Flotilla No. 38 Patrol Boat No. 39 Patrol Boat Kure 2nd Special Naval Landing Force (two companies)
Rear Adm Kubo Kyūji
1st Base Force 24th Destroyer Squadron 16th Destroyer Squadron 1st Section No. 1 Patrol Boat No. 2 Patrol Boat Special duty ship
Rear Adm Takagi Takeo
No. 36 Patrol Boat No. 37 Patrol Boat 32nd Special Base Force Emergency netlayer
Rear Adm Kobayashi Tetsuri
Special Minelaying Fleet Vice Adm Tsukahara Nishizō
Vice Adm Tsukahara Nishizō
Tōkō Air Corps 1st Air Corps 3rd Air Corps Peleliu Expeditionary Fighter Squadron
Tainan Air Corps | ||||||||||||||||||||
Campaign casualties | Approximately 11,000 killed and wounded |
Campaigns
Malaya Philippines Hong Kong, Pacific Borneo Celebes, Ambon, Timor New Britain Sumatra, JavaReference links
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