Battle of Bataan (1945)

Battle for the Recapture of Bataan
Part of World War II, Pacific theater
Date 31 January – 21 February 1945 Location Bataan Peninsula, Philippines Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  Commonwealth of the Philippines	Japan  Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Charles P. Hall Maj. Gen. Henry L.C. Jones Aubrey S. Newman	Rikichi Tsukada Nagayoshi Sanenobu
Strength
35,000 US troops, Filipino guerillas	2,800 Japanese troops
Casualties and losses
338 killed 688 wounded	2,400 killed 75 wounded 25 prisoners

 United States

 Japan

The Battle for the Recapture of Bataan from 31 January to 21 February 1945, by US forces and Allied Filipino guerrillas from the Japanese, part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines, was waged to secure the western shore of Manila Bay to enable the use of its harbor and open new supply lines for American troops engaged in the crucial battle for the liberation of Manila.

The Bataan peninsula's recapture also avenged the surrender of the defunct United States Armed Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) to invading Japanese forces on 9 April 1942.

The rapid advance of US forces heading towards Manila had strained the capability of their supply lines at Lingayen Gulf, which had so ably supplemented their push south on the capital, almost to the breaking point.

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