Japanese bomb the Philippines, destroying many aircraft at Clark Airfield
Japanese troops begin the main invasion of Luzon
Manila declared "open city"
Japanese bomb Manila
The start of Battle of Bataan
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt orders General MacArthur out of the Philippines
Gen. MacArthur leaves Corregidor and flew to Australia
Japanese attack U.S. and Filipino troops at Bataan
U.S. forces on Bataan surrender unconditionally to the Japanese
Bataan Death March begins as 76,000 prisoners are forced to walk 60 miles under a blazing sun without food or water toward Camp O'Donnell, resulting in over 10,000 Filipino and 600 American deaths
Japanese take Corregidor as Gen. Wainwright unconditionally surrenders all U.S. And Filipino forces in the Philippines
The last U.S. Troops holding out in the Philippines surrender on Mindanao
MacArthur returns, coming ashore at Leyte in the southern Philippines
Battle of Leyte Gulf results in a decisive U.S. Naval victory
U.S. Troops invade Mindoro in the Philippines
U.S. Sixth Army invades Lingayen Gulf on Luzon in the Philippines
U.S. Sixth Army attacks Japanese in Manila. Battle of Manila begins
U.S. Troops recapture Bataan in the Philippines
U.S. airborne troops recapture Corregidor in the Philippines
U.S. and Filipino troops take Manila
U.S. Eighth Army invades Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao in the Philippines
Japanese resistance ends on Mindanao in the Philippines
MacArthur's headquarters announces the end of all Japanese resistance in the Philippines
Liberation of Philippines declared
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan
U.S. drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan
Japanese Emperor Hirohito delivered a recorded radio address to the nation, announcing the surrender of Japan in World War II
Japan officially surrenders aboard the Missouri
The Japanese commander in the Philippines, Gen. Yamashita, surrenders to Gen. Wainwright at Baguio
Japanese Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita was hanged in the Philippines for the Manila Massacre and other war crimes
Japanese Gen. Masaharu Homma, who directed the battle for Bataan, is executed for his role in the death march and atrocities committed in prison camps
