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Battle of Davao
Part of Philippines Campaign, World War II
Date
April 27 to June 10, 1945
Location
Davao City, Davao Province, Mindanao island, Commonwealth of the Philippines (now Republic of the Philippines)
Result
Allied victory
Territorial changes
Davao City and Davao Province liberated by the Allies
Belligerents
United States
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Japan
Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Robert L. Eichelberger Clarence A. Martin Roscoe B. Woodruff Wendell W. Fertig Basilio J. Valdes Federico G. Ubuza Armando Generoso Saturnino Silva
Gyosaku Morozumi Jiro Harada Muraji Kawazoe
Units involved
X Corps
24th Infantry Division
31st Infantry Division
130th Infantry Regiment
Local guerrilla units
14th Army
100th Division
Strength
108,000 total 38,000 men
15,000 men,[1] shore batteries, artillery and suicide boats
Casualties and losses
US: 350 dead, 1,615 wounded[2]: 635
4,500 in Davao City,[2]: 635 ~3,000 in Ising
Thousands of civilians dead, wounded, missing and made homeless.
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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 of Davao (Filipino: Labanan sa Davao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Davao) was a major battle in which American and Philippine Commonwealth troops including locally organized guerrillas fought the Japanese to liberate the city of Davao. The battle is part of Operation VICTOR V, an offensive operation against Japanese forces in Mindanao, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II. The battle was the decisive engagement of the Mindanao Campaign.[2]: 629
^The Davao We Know 2011, Lolita R. Laquesta
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Douglas MacArthur
Robert L. Eichelberger
Basilio J. Valdes
Gyosaku Morozumi
15,000 men,[1] shore batteries, artillery and suicide boats