WWII JAPAN INVADES THE PHILLIPPINES (PT 1) THE FIGHT FOR BATAAN
1001 Heroes, Legends, Histories & Mysteries Podcast
Jon Hagadorn
4.5 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 11 November 2019
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Summary
The day after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, destroying most of the American Pacific Fleet, they attacked the US Air Bases in the Philippines. Despite being warned 9 hours ahead of time, all our planes were on the ground when Japanese bombers and fighter planes appeared there,and in one hour the United States had lost its air power in Asia. The Japanese could now invade MacArthur's forces in the Philippines without fear of reprisal from the air,and his 78,000 men were placed in a losing battle against superior forces when the invasion came.. They fought bravely until their strength wore out- 90 days of continuous fighting, malaria, dehydration,and starvation finally did the trick. Then their commander surrendered them to the Japanese, who imprisoned them,and when the US finally returned 3 years later, only 500 men remained.
The largest American military cemetery in the world outside of the US resides in Manila, where 78,000 American soldiers gave up their lives. Next week: The Death March on Bataan.The Angels of Bataan, The Rape of Manila, Japanese War Crimes, The Raid on Cabanatuan.. Guerilla Warfare.
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| 0:50.0 | We left on November 1st, deriving the Philippines on November 20th, and four months later, I was a POW. |
| 0:58.0 | Most people remember that Pearl Harbor was bombed early on Sunday morning, which meant that it was still |
| 1:04.3 | the nighttime in the Philippines. |
| 1:06.7 | But when the sun came up in the Philippines, nine and a half hours later, here came the Japanese bombers and their fighting planes. |
| 1:17.0 | And would you believe that just like they caught all of our ships at Pearl Harbor |
| 1:22.1 | in the harbor and sent most of them. |
| 1:25.0 | Would you believe that they caught all of our airplanes on the ground, |
| 1:28.0 | destroying most of them? |
| 1:30.0 | It was called the Death March, not of how many died. |
| 1:35.0 | Of the 12,000 Americans, only about 1,700 lived to come home, |
| 1:40.0 | but they called it a death march because of the way they died. |
| 1:44.0 | If you stopped on the road, you were killed. |
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