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Film historian Alun Evans reviewed Corregidor in Brassey's Guide to War Films (2000), comparing and contrasting it to other contemporary features also dealing with the fall of the Philippines, Bataan (1943), The Eve of St. Mark, (1944) and They Were Expendable (1945). He noted that " (Director) Nigh was the first to cash in on the fall of the ...
The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the United States territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the ...
These are films set during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) in World War II, including those based on fact and fiction. Pages in category "Japanese occupation of the Philippines films"
They Were Expendable is a 1945 American war film directed by John Ford, starring Robert Montgomery and John Wayne, and featuring Donna Reed.The film is based on the 1942 novel of the same name by William Lindsay White, relating the story of the exploits of Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a United States PT boat unit defending the Philippines against Japanese invasion during the Battle of ...
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Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941–1945) 8 May 1942 – 5 July 1945; Philippine resistance against Japan 1941–45; Battle of the Philippine Sea 19–20 June 1944; Battle of Leyte 17 October – 26 December 1944; Philippines campaign (1944–45) 20 October 1944 – 15 August 1945; Battle of Leyte Gulf 23–26 October 1944