LCM carries U.S. troops up the Mindanao River to Fort Pikit[1]: 625
Date
10 March – 15 August 1945
Location
Mindanao Island, Philippines
Result
Allied victory
Belligerents
United States
Commonwealth of the Philippines
Japan
Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Robert L. Eichelberger Franklin C. Sibert Albert G. Noble Roscoe B. Woodruff Clarence A. Martin Basilio J. Valdes Wendell W. Fertig Salipada K. Pendatun
Gyosaku Morozumi Jiro Harada Naoji Doi
Units involved
Sixth Army
X Corps
24th Infantry Division
Eighth Army
XI Corps
31st Infantry Division
Ground units:
35th Army
30th Infantry Division
100th Infantry Division
54th Mixed Brigade
Naval units:
32nd Naval Base Force
Strength
60,000, plus 32,000 guerrillas[2]
65,000, including 12,000 civilians[1]: 597, 647, 694
Casualties and losses
221 killed and 665 wounded on Zamboanga Peninsula[1]: 597
820 killed and 2,880 wounded on E. Mindanao[1]: 648
6,400 killed and 1,100 captured on Zamboanga Peninsula[1]: 597
12,865 killed, 600 captured, 8,235 missing on E. Mindanao [1]: 647
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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
Battle of Mindanao map at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial
The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the southernmost portions of the archipelago from the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Robert L. Eichelberger
Basilio J. Valdes
Gyosaku Morozumi
Naoji Doi
