Philippines campaign
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Was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.
Chronology
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Was the amphibious invasion of the island of Leyte in the Philippines, occupied by Japan at the time, by American forces.
December 1944: American avances during the Battle of Ormoc Bay.
October 1944: The U.S. Sixth Army, supported by naval and air bombardment, landed on the favorable eastern shore of Leyte.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Irpil.
December 1944: U.S. conquest of the barrio of Tibur.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Tabango.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Ormoc.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Valencia.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Paolompon.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of Villaba.
December 1944: U.S. liberation of San isidoro.
December 1944: The Japanese evacuated Leyte island.
Was a battle in World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines.
December 1944: American forces invade Mindoro.
Was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan.
January 1945: American advance up to Clark Field and Fort Stotsenburg by January 31th.
June 1945: The Bessang Pass fall at the hands of the United States Army Forces in the Philippines - Northern Luzon (USAFP-NL) on June 14, 1945.
February 1945: American forces conclude operations on the Bataan Peninsula, which is fully occupied.
March 1945: American forces conclude operations in Manila, clearing the area.
January 1945: American landings at the Lingayen Gulf on 9 January .
Was a battle fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II.
July 1945: Allied units seized Sarangani and Balut islands.
April 1945: By 22 April, the Allies took the position in Jolo after hard fighting and the rest of the Japanese troops fled and held out in the west for another two months.
May 1945: U.S. Eight Army clears Malaybalay-Kalasungay region.
May 1945: On 3 May, the U.S. 31st Division reached Kibawe.
June 1945: Battle of Davao.
April 1945: Upon reaching Digos, the Americans quickly overwhelmed the defending Japanese.
March 1945: After an heavy fight, the center of the Japanese line in the Zamboanga peninsula broke.
April 1945: American amphibious operation to secure Malabang-Parang-Cotabato area of Mindanao.
March 1945: The American 41st Division troops quickly captured Zamboanga.
Was a battle fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces in the
Visayas region in the Philippines. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II.
April 1945: Japanese retreat from southern Cebu.
August 1945: Negros Island was liberated from Japanese occupation.
May 1945: Major combat operations continued in Dumuguate until 28 May 1945, when the Japanese positions fell and Filipino guerrillas assumed control.
June 1945: By 4 June, the Japanese began a general withdrawal, retreating further into the unexplored mountains of Negros.
March 1945: The U.S. Eighth Army seizes Cebu City.
April 1945: The coastal plain of Negros was in Allied hands.
March 1945: On Talisay Beach, 6.5 km west of Cebu City, the 182nd Infantry and 132nd Infantry landed on 26 March 1945.
March 1945: Within two weeks of aerial bombardment on Japanese positions, the 40th Infantry Division, spearheaded by the 185th Infantry Regiment landed unopposed at Tigbauan district, in southern Panay.
March 1945: Guimaras and Inampulagan islands, between Panay and Negros, were freed on the same day Iloilo fell, 20 March and the next day, respectively with no opposition.
March 1945: U.S. Eighth Army captured Bacolod City.
Selected Sources
Cannon, M. H. (1993): Leyte: The return to the Philippines, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 278
Cannon, M. H. (1993): Leyte: The return to the Philippines, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 329
Cannon, M. H. (1993): Leyte: The return to the Philippines, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 348
Cannon, M. H. (1993): Leyte: The return to the Philippines, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 355
Cannon, M. H. (1993): Leyte: The return to the Philippines, Washington D.C. (USA), p. 356
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 388
Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p. 408
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Williams, M.H. (1989): United States army in World War II - Special Studies - Chronology 1941-1945, p.370
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