Video: 'Japanese Invasion of the Philippines 1941' (Jan. 2, 1942, at 2:18)

(Friday, January 2, 1942, Japanese imperial forces marched into Manila from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. Philippine Standard Time; during the Philippines campaign (1941–1942), part of the Pacific Theater of World War II) — Japanese forces captured Manila, capital of the Philippines with its 600,000 population, the nearby Cavite naval base and Clark Field air­base today, forcing U.S. and Philippine forces under U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the United States armed forces in the Far East, to withdraw to the Bataan Peninsula. Continue reading Japanese forces capture Manila, Cavite naval base and Clark Field air­base 80 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Jan 2 1942) →