04.09.08
Remembering April 9, 1942
The Fall of Bataan is on April 9, 1942. The Battle of Bataan between the Japanese Empire and the United States—and the Commonwealth of the Philippines—was a defining event. Japan had to capture the Philippines to control the Southwest Pacific, put Indonesia (then called the Dutch East Indies) under its control and become supreme throughout Southeast Asia flank.
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