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2: Ecuador declares war on Germany and Japan.: Naval docks at Singapore are destroyed by B-29 attacks. 3: The Battle of Manila (1945) begins: Forces of the U.S. and Philippines enter Manila.
Although it was governed by a semi-independent commonwealth government, Washington controlled the Philippines at the time and possessed important military bases there. The combined Filipino-American army was defeated in the Battle of Bataan , which saw many war crimes committed and the Battle of Corregidor in April 1942, but guerrilla ...
Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the liberation of Belgian cities and towns during World War II; Timeline of the Manhattan Project (1939–1947) Timeline of air operations ...
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States) by S. Sandler (2000) Routledge ISBN 0-8153-1883-9; By sword and fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February – 3 March 1945 (Unknown Binding) by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-8521-10-0
The Fall of the Philippines. U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. LCCN 53063678. CMH Pub 5-2. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012 – full text; Bailey, Jennifer L. (2003). Philippine Islands. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (brochure).
: Units of Air Group 80 from USS Ticonderoga flew seven strikes against Japanese positions in northern Luzon in the Philippines. [2] 15: Americans and Filipinos land troops at Mindoro island in the Philippines. [2] [3]
Wounded Japanese troops surrender to US and Filipino soldiers in Manila, 1945. The military history of the Philippines is characterized by wars between Philippine kingdoms [1] and its neighbors in the precolonial era and then a period of struggle against colonial powers such as Spain and the United States, occupation by the Empire of Japan during World War II and participation in Asian ...
The Battle for Cebu City (Filipino: Labanan sa Lungsod ng Cebu; Cebuano: Gubat sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Japanese: セブシティーのための戦い) was a major engagement of World War II that occurred between March 26 and April 8, 1945, during the second Philippines Campaign.