Robert L. Eichelberger Ferdinand E. Zuellig James M. Cushing Basilio J. Valdes
Takeo Manjome Rijome Kawahara †
Strength
14,900 U.S. troops[1] 8,500 Cebuano guerrillas[2]
14,500 – 15,000 Japanese troops[2][3]
Casualties and losses
American troops 410 killed 1,700 wounded 8,000 sick [4]
Japanese troops 9,000 Killed Est. 2,000 committed suicide Est. 2,000 captured[4]
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Philippines campaign (1944–45)
Visayas
Leyte
Panay
Simara
Negros
Cebu City
Luzon
Mindoro
Lingayen Gulf
Kirang Pass
Cabanatuan
Bataan
Manila
Corregidor
Baguio
Villa Verde Trail
Los Baños
Palawan
Wawa Dam
Bessang Pass
Mindanao
Bukidnon
Cotabato and Maguindanao
Davao
Naval operations
Convoy Hi-71
Shin'yō Maru incident
Formosa
Leyte Gulf
Ormoc Bay
Convoy Hi-81
South China Sea raid
Raid on Taihoku
Action of 24 July 1945
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South West Pacific theatre of World War II
Philippines campaign (1941–1942)
Lingayen Gulf
Lamon Bay
1st Bataan
1st Corregidor
Dutch East Indies campaign
1st Borneo
1st Tarakan
1st Balikpapan
Manado
Ambon
Sumatra
Badung Strait
Timor
Java Sea
Java
2nd Borneo
2nd Tarakan
North Borneo
2nd Balikpapan
Solomon Islands campaign
Guadalcanal
New Georgia
Treasury Islands
Bougainville
New Guinea campaign
Coral Sea
Kokoda Track
Buna–Gona
Bismarck Sea
Nassau Bay Landing
Salamaua-Lae
Huon Peninsula
Admiralty Islands
Aitape-Wewak
Recklesss
Persecution
Biak
Noemfoor
Morotai
New Britain campaign
Operation Cartwheel
Arawe
Cape Gloucester
Neutralisation of Rabaul
Talasea
Jacquinot Bay
Wide Bay–Open Bay
Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
Leyte
Leyte Gulf
Luzon
2nd Corregidor
Visayas
Mindanao
Borneo campaign
Agas
Semut
Tarakan
North Borneo
Labuan
Beaufort
Balikpapan
The Battle for Cebu City (Filipino: Labanan sa Lungsod ng Cebu; Cebuano: Gubat sa Dakbayan sa Sugbo; Japanese: セブシティーのための戦い) was a major engagement of World War II that occurred between March 26 and April 8, 1945, during the second Philippines Campaign. The battle resulted in an Allied victory over the occupying Japanese Army and the liberation of Cebu City.
^Rottman 2002, p. 310.
^ abLofgren 1996, p. 18.
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^ abLofgren 1996, p. 21.
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