Fall of Corregidor

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battle event in World War II military surrender

The Fall of Corregidor was the World War II surrender of the last major American-Filipino stronghold in the Philippines to Japanese forces in May 1942, marking the collapse of organized Allied resistance in the archipelago.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Fall of Corregidor canonical	4
Defense of Corregidor	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ event in World War II ⓘ military surrender ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Corregidor (1942) ⓘ surface form: Surrender of Corregidor
belligerentStrength	outnumbered Allied defenders ⓘ
capturedBy	Japanese forces ⓘ
casualties	thousands of Allied troops captured ⓘ
combatant	Commonwealth of the Philippines ⓘ Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
commander	Jonathan M. Wainwright ⓘ Masaharu Homma NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
date	1942-05-06 ⓘ
endDate	1942-05-06 ⓘ
followedBy	Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ
garrison	Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ surface form: Philippine Army forces U.S. Army forces ⓘ
hasFortifications	Fort Mills ⓘ
involves	air attacks ⓘ amphibious landings ⓘ heavy artillery bombardment ⓘ
isLastMajorStrongholdOf	Allied forces in the Philippines ⓘ
location	Corregidor ⓘ surface form: Corregidor Island Manila Bay ⓘ
opponent	Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ United States Army Forces in the Far East ⓘ
partOf	Pacific War ⓘ Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Bataan ⓘ
relatedTo	Bataan Death March ⓘ
result	Japanese victory ⓘ collapse of organized Allied resistance in the Philippines ⓘ surrender of U.S. and Filipino forces ⓘ
significance	marked beginning of full Japanese control over the Philippine archipelago ⓘ symbolized defeat of Allied defense of the Philippines ⓘ
startDate	1942-05-05 ⓘ
strategicImportance	defense of Manila Bay ⓘ last major Allied stronghold in the Philippines ⓘ
surrenderedTo	Imperial Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan
surrenderSignedBy	Jonathan M. Wainwright ⓘ
theater	South West Pacific Area ⓘ
typeOfEngagement	assault landing ⓘ siege ⓘ
year	1942 ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Battle of Corregidor (1942) → alsoKnownAs → Fall of Corregidor ⓘ

Japanese occupation of the Philippines → significantEvent → Fall of Corregidor ⓘ

Cabanatuan POW camp → establishedAfter → Fall of Corregidor ⓘ

4th Marine Regiment → notableEngagement → Fall of Corregidor ⓘ

this entity surface form: Defense of Corregidor

Battery Way → associatedWith → Fall of Corregidor ⓘ