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Corregidor Surrenders in 1942....
Corregidor Surrenders in 1942....
Item # 722631
May 07, 1942
THE NEW YORK TIMES, May 7, 1942
* United States surrender Corregidor
* Manila Bay, Philippines
* Prelude to the Bataan death march
* General Jonathan M. Wainwright
* World War II - WWII
The front page has a six column headline: "10,000 PRISONERS IN MANILA BAY FORTS" with subheads and related photo. More inside. (see images) Always nice to have notable events in history reported in this World famous publication.
Complete with all 40 pages, light toning at the margins, a little irregular along the spine, generally nice.
AI notes: On May 6, 1942, after months of intense fighting and dwindling supplies, the last organized resistance of American and Filipino forces in the Philippines came to an end with the Surrender of Corregidor to the Japanese. Corregidor, a heavily fortified island at the entrance of Manila Bay, had been the final stronghold for the U.S. and Filipino troops after the fall of the Bataan Peninsula in April. Despite stubborn resistance and a valiant defense led by General Jonathan M. Wainwright, the island was surrounded, bombarded relentlessly, and cut off from reinforcements. The defenders faced severe shortages of food, medicine, and ammunition, and after a final, desperate effort to hold out, Wainwright was forced to surrender to the Japanese forces. This marked the culmination of the Japanese conquest of the Philippines, a crucial strategic blow to the Allied forces in the Pacific. The surrender of Corregidor also led to the capture of thousands of prisoners who were subjected to the brutal Bataan Death March. Though it was a dark moment for the Allies, the fall of Corregidor was not the end of the Philippines campaign, as General Douglas MacArthur would later return to fulfill his famous promise to the Filipino people, "I shall return," with the eventual liberation of the islands in 1944.
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