Battle of the Philippines | |||||||||
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Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II | |||||||||
A burial detail of Filipino prisoners of war uses improvised litters to carry fallen comrades at Camp O'Donnell, Capas, Tarlac, 1942, following the Bataan Death March. |
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Belligerents | |||||||||
Japan | |||||||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
Masaharu Homma |
Douglas MacArthur Basilio J. Valdez Paulino T. Santos Vicente Lim Alfredo M. Santos Mateo Capinpin |
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Strength | |||||||||
129,435 troops 90 tanks 541 aircraft |
151,000 troops 108 tanks 277 aircraft |
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Casualties and losses | |||||||||
11,225 - 19,000 4,130 killed 287 missing 6,808 wounded |
146,000 25,000 killed 21,000 wounded 100,000 captured |
Douglas MacArthur
Manuel L. Quezon
Jonathan M. Wainwright IV (POW)
Sergio Osmeña