Battle of Bataan

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World War II battle battle

The Battle of Bataan was a major World War II land battle in the Philippines in 1942, where outnumbered American and Filipino forces made a prolonged stand against the Japanese before ultimately surrendering, leading directly to the Bataan Death March.

Aliases (7)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle → battle →
alliedForcesComposition	American and Filipino troops →
alliedForcesStrength	approximately 75,000 troops →
alsoKnownAs	Fall of Bataan →
belligerent	Commonwealth of the Philippines → Empire of Japan → United States →
casualties	heavy on both sides →
cause	Japanese attempt to seize the Philippines from the United States → Japanese strategy to secure control of Southeast Asia and the Pacific →
combatant	Imperial Japanese Army → Philippine Army → United States Army Forces in the Far East →
commander	Douglas MacArthur → Edward P. King NERFINISHED → Jonathan M. Wainwright → Masaharu Homma →
conflict	World War II →
consequence	Bataan Death March → capture of tens of thousands of American and Filipino prisoners of war → fall of the Bataan Peninsula to Japan → isolation of Corregidor →
country	Philippines →
endDate	1942-04-09 →
followedBy	Bataan Death March → Battle of Corregidor (1942) →
front	South West Pacific Area →
hasPart	Battle of Trail 2 → Battle of the Pockets → Battle of the Points →
japaneseForcesStrength	numerically superior to defenders →
location	Bataan Peninsula → Luzon → Philippines →
notableEvent	surrender of Bataan on 1942-04-09 →
notableFor	prolonged defense by outnumbered American and Filipino forces → severe shortages of food, medicine, and supplies among defenders → symbol of Filipino and American resistance in World War II →
partOf	Philippines campaign (1941–1942) →
precededBy	Japanese invasion of Luzon →
result	Japanese victory →
startDate	1942-01-07 →
strategicObjective	Defense of Manila Bay approaches → Delay Japanese conquest of the Philippines →
surrenderDate	1942-04-09 →
surrenderedTo	Imperial Japanese Army →
theater	Pacific Theater of World War II →

Referenced by (26)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Jonathan M. Wainwright → Masaharu Homma ("Bataan campaign") → Masaharu Homma →	participantIn
Bataan Death March → Bataan Death March ("Fall of Bataan") → War Plan Orange-3 ("Bataan defense plan") →	relatedTo
Battle of Bataan ("Fall of Bataan") → Battle of the Points ("Battle of the Points, Bataan") →	alsoKnownAs
Philippine Commonwealth Army ("Bataan defense") → Philippine Commonwealth Army →	notableEvent
Battle of the Pockets → Battle of the Points →	partOf
Battle of the Points → defense of Manila Bay →	relatedEvent
Dambana ng Kagitingan →	commemorates
Imperial Japanese Army →	conflict
Bataan Peninsula ("Battle of Bataan 1942") →	dateOfEvent
Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) ("Bataan campaign") →	dedicatedTo
United States Army Forces in the Far East →	engagement
Bataan World War II Museum (Balanga) ("Fall of Bataan") →	focusesOnEvent
Bagac ("World War II battles in Bataan") →	hasHistoricalEvent
Province of Bataan →	historicalEvent
Philippines campaign (1941–1942) →	includes
Bataan Peninsula →	knownFor
Battle of Corregidor (1942) →	precededBy
Bataan Peninsula →	wasSiteOf