The Philippines Campaign: US vs Japan - A Pacific War in World War II

This video presents the Philippines campaign, part of the Pacific Theater of World War II, involving Japan and the Allied power, particularly the United States.

Chapter:
00:00 Introduction
00:45 Path to War
01:38 Geography of the Philippines
02:25 Japanese Invasion of the Philippines
04:48 Allied Campaign for Liberation of Philippines

To Japan’s ambition of military expansion in the Asia-Pacific region, the US was certainly a formidable obstacle, forcing Japan to plan on attacking the US naval bases in the Pacific.
On December 7, 1941, Japan launched a surprise air attack on the US naval base of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and ten hours later, on the Philippines islands.

In mid-1941, recognizing the importance of the Philippines’ location, the US recalled General Douglas MacArthur to serve as a Field Marshal in the Philippines Army and plan for the defense of the islands against a Japanese invasion.

On December 8, 1941, Japan began its invasion with initial aerial bombardment, followed by landings of ground troops from Formosa to Batan Island. The main attack of Japanese troops started on December 22 when they landed at the Lingayen Gulf, pushing back the inexperienced and poorly-trained Philippine troops and beginning to drive south toward Manila. As the Japanese fleet gained in numbers, MacArthur and the combined US-Philippine defending forces in Luzon withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula where they suffered a disastrous defeat after three months of resistance. The fall of the Bataan to the Japanese in April hastened the Corregidor collapse in the following month, marking the beginning of the Japanese occupation.

However, during this time, the Philippines Army continued forming resistance and guerrilla units to fight back until the Allies returned in full force with a campaign to liberate the Philippines. By August 1944, General MacArthur’s forces cleared all the Japanese in New Guinea and were poised to return to the Philippines with a campaign for liberating the country from the Imperial Japanese Army led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita.

The campaign started in October with amphibious landings of the US Army on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte which was captured by December. Landings then followed in January 1945 at the Lingayen Gulf, from which the army units moved south, capturing Clark Air Base in February, and continued heading toward Manila. After a month of fierce fighting, the city of Manila was officially declared liberated in March.

With additional landings on Mindanao, the U.S troops continued their steady advance and took several cities on the island. Battles continued as the Japanese made their last stand entrenched in northern Luzon until the Japanese surrender in September 1945.

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[EngrLethA]

It’s good to see our country history animated for younger generation to see in an exciting way 💕… Watching from USA 🇺🇸

[justagamer]

Thank you for sharing the history of
philipine country

[dariusfaudie]

Thank you so much for this, this really helped with my Social Studies extra credit presentation, also thanks for adding the time stamps.

[uronwormsly]

My grandfather fought here as a Marine. I know it was terrible, he was wounded twice, and not much more. As a child I was told to never ask or bring up his service. He was forever impacted....violent temper, did not like loud noises (especially gunfire and fireworks), and his mood could change from pleasant to not-so-pleasant in an instant. Oddly, he never had hatred toward the Japanese...his hatred was directed toward the Red Cross and the "Masters of War". He was never diagnosed with PTSD, but it was obvious he suffered from it. He was a complicated man with a good heart.

[goriotv]

Proud to see after the surrender of USAFFE the Filipino kept on fighting for our country to gain our freedom. Brave Filipinos.

[MrTotingtinga]

The fall of the Phillipines wouldnt happened if only the united states sends reinforcements and supplies to their soldiers. Instead they cut off the aid and then ordering their men to fall back and focus on Vietnam.

The japanese invading the Philippines should only take a week according to their plan. But the Filipinos fought back. The japanese army caught off guard and surprised causing delays to their plan giving the Allied forces time to regroup. But the west abandoned their soldiers with the filipinos fighting back and hoping for reinforcements.

The truth is the United States did not saved and freed the Philippines, it is the people of the Philippines who continued to fight against the odds using Guerilla tactics.

[JayLee-kqzv]

Thank goodness that you help me do my world history homework. My son very like it

[jackson]

Small nitpick the us didn’t have forces in Singapore that was the British

[SomebodyusedthissoIusedthis]

Philippines is our home no other countries will take it but appreciate the USA and thanks for the help

[RosemarieValiente-cpzx]

Thanks for sharing. I'm a visual learner and I appreciate your video. Thanks for the interest in the history of my country. Though I laugh at your pronountiation to "Tagaytay" haha it's cute though.

[adp]

The creators may or may not be native Filipino speakers, but this is a documentary for educational purposes that has a worlwide audience. Hence, the spellings of the cities, and the approximate locations should be correct.

[dylanshaffer]

It’s interesting to see a video showing how the U.S. territory of the Philippines was taken from the U.S., and then retaken by the U.S., before its independence from the USA in 1946

[leonardnordenstrom]

filipinos, never forget, we are friends in blood.

[WYDLIBRADO]

my home is literally on the subic bay base and i just found out that both my grandpa's used to work there and my mums office was there oh my

[chubidelrosario]

This is great..
One minor correction though, although its pronounced as Layte, its actually spelled LEYTE.. Im actually from that island..

[tekskill]

poorly trained philippine troop? sir i would like to remind you that our troops in the phillippines have been fighting for their freedom hundreds of years 300 to spain 30to us and 3 years to japan, our soldiers were not ill trained, they were just lack of power! but our filipino soldiers are well trained with high morale defending our homeland,

[therccxd]

When the americans came back they led the filipinos to victory and also used a lot of filipino soldiers

[CharlesGabrielleVidanes-xtww]

My ancestors survived because they have been gone in hiding in the mountains at Davao oriental

[masterchinese]

Watching this from Manila. At the famous Manila Hotel, the former office/HQ for MacArthur is still there, upstairs.
If you want to learn more about a fascinating bit of that period, the island/fortress of Fort Drum in Manila Bay is worth researching.

[carollollol]

Its verry interessting.... but im missing a lot of the why's... to really think it was a great video. This left me with way more questions than answers.