![]() ![]() Army eventually recaptured the island in 1945.īackground Gibraltar of the East Map of Corregidor Island in 1941Ĭorregidor, officially named Fort Mills, was the largest of four fortified islands protecting the mouth of Manila Bay and had been fortified prior to World War I with powerful coastal artillery. Homma had to take Corregidor because as long as the island remained in American hands, the Japanese would be denied the use of Manila Bay and its harbor. ![]() The island bastion of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of defensive armaments, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay, was the remaining obstacle to the Japanese 14th Army of Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma. The fall of Bataan on 9 April 1942 ended all organized opposition by the United States Army Forces in the Far East to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon, in the northern Philippines. The Battle of Corregidor ( Filipino: Labanan sa Corregidor Japanese: コレヒドールの戦い), fought on 5-, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. ![]() and Filipino troops, 2 gunboats, and 1 minesweeper Corregidor island in Manila Bay, Luzon Island, Philippinesġ3,000 U.S. ![]()
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