Philippines 1945

9.1.1945 - 3.3.1945

PacPG: 17.1.1945 - 4.3.1945

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Scenario map includes section of the main Philippines island Luzon. Map of the original PacG scenario looks well after the first view. But on closer view, especially when compared coast with the atlas map, is clearly seen that this again is a very shoddy work. Therefore, had to be the completely remade.

Original map:




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Historic overview:

Operation codename: Mike One
Luzon, the main island of the Philippine archipelago, was more important than the rest of the Philippines for the Japanese. Keeping Luzon would allow them to retain control over shipping routes connecting Japan to the occupied territories in Malaya and Indonesia. (Miloš Hubáček - Boj o Filipíny, Panorama 1990)

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Scenario in dates:
October 14, 1943: Philippines - José P. Laurel, formerly a justice of the Philippines Supreme Court, takes the oath of office as President of the nominally-independent Second Philippine Republic, puppet state under the sponsorship of Japan. The Republic´s first act is to sign an alliance with Japan.
July 26, 1944: In Honolulu - Roosevelt meets with MacArthur and Nimitz to discuss strategy in the Pacific theater. MacArthur argues for an attack on the Philippines. Nimitz and the naval staff suggest the Philippines can be by-passed and Formosa should be the next major target.
August 1, 1944: USA - In New York exile dies Filipino president Manuel L. Quezon. Vice President Sergio Osmeña succeeded him.
August 24, 1944: Philippines - submarines USS Hake (SS-256) and USS Harder (SS-257) spot two enemy ships patrolling Davos Bay off Luzon Island, mistakenly identifying them as a minesweeper and a three-stack Thai destroyer Phra Ruang. During the attack does it become apparent that these are dangerous enemies, a kaibokan (escort ship) type D CD-22 and a very unusual target, the destroyer PB-102, originally an American Clemson-class destroyer, USS Stewart (DD-224), whose wreck the Japanese captured Java in 1942, repaired it and put it into service in 1943. In the ensuing chase, the submarine Hake escapes, but Harder, one of the most famous and successful American submarines of the war, becomes a vitim of the vigorous depth charge attack which sink the Harder with all hands. Harder´s Commander Samuel D. Dealey will be posthumously awarded the highest military honor, the Medal of Honor.
September 21, 1944: In the Philippines - US Task Force 38 conducts air strikes on Japanese targets on Luzon, particularly Manila and Manila Bay. Twelve American carriers are involved.
September 22, 1944: In the Philippines - US Task Force 38 conducts air strikes on Japanese targets on Luzon, particularly Manila and Manila Bay. Twelve American carriers are involved.
October 11, 1944: In the Philippines - Two groups of US Task Force 38 (Admiral Mitscher), under the command of Admiral Cain and Admiral Davison respectively, conduct air strikes on Japanese airfields in the north of Luzon. The rest of TF38 is refueling.
October 14, 1944: In the Philippines - US Task Group 38.4 conducts air strikes on Aparri Airfield on Luzon.
October 15, 1944: In the Philippines - US Task Group 38.4 conducts air strikes on targets north of Manila, on Luzon.
October 16, 1944: In the Philippines - Land-based aircraft of US 13th and 5th Air Forces, from Biak, Sansapor and Morotai, attack targets on Mindanao. US Task Group 77.4 (Admiral TF Sprague), with 18 escort carriers, launches air strikes on Leyte, Cebu and Mindanao.
October 27, 1944: In the Philippines - On land, on Leyte, the US 7th Division (part of US XXIV Corps) captures Buri Airfield. Meanwhile, the Tacloban airstrip becomes operational and the US 9th Fighter Squadron flies the first mission by Philippines based American fighters since 1942. At sea, a group of 3 carriers commanded by Admiral Sherman attacks Japanese shipping around Luzon, sinking destroyers Fujinami a Shiranuhi. There are also air strikes on Luzon.
October 28, 1944: In the Philippines - On Leyte, attacks by US XXIV Corps around Dagami make slow progress and suffer heavy losses. To the north, the US 1st Cavalry Division (part of US X Corps) encounters heavy resistance near Carigara and is held up. At sea, carrier groups under the command of Admiral Davison and Admiral Bogan conduct air strikes.
November 5, 1944: In the Philippines - Three groups of US Task Force 38 (Admiral McCain) strike Japanese targets on Luzon and in the nearby waters. American losses are listed as 25 planes and the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) is badly damaged by Kamikaze attacks. The Japanese losses are estimated at about 400 planes, heavy cruiser Nachi by USS Lexington planes and another cruiser badly damaged and beached.
November 13, 1944: In the Philippines - Aircraft from US Task Force 38 (McCain) attack shipping and land targets on Luzon. American planes claim a Japanese cruiser (Kiso) and 4 destroyers sunk.
November 15, 1944: East China Sea - an American submarine USS Queenfish (SS-393) sinks Japanese escort aircraft carrier Akitsu Maru. It is a special vessel, also considered to be the first amphibious assault ships, as it operates not only light reconnaissance and liaison aircraft Kokusai Ki-76 but also Kajaba Ka-1 autogyro and is also adapted to transport Daihatsu-class landing craft. The ship is not operated by the Japanese Navy, but by the Japanese Army, and it will also suffer heavy losses in this incident. Most of the 2,000 casualties are members of the Army´s 64th Infantry Regiment, transported from Manchuria to strengthen the defense of the Philippines.
November 19, 1944: In the Philippines - US Task Force 38 continues air strikes against targets on Luzon and shipping in Manila Bay. Japanese losses are claimed to be 1 cruiser and 3 other vessels.
December 19, 1944: The South China Sea - an American submarine USS Redfish (SS-395) sinks the new Japanese aircraft carrier Unryu on her first voyage, transporting aircraft and supplies from Japan to the Philippines. The explosion of warheads of thirty transported Yokosuka MXY7 Ohka kamizaze rocket planes becomes fatal for the vessel and most of the crew.
December 31, 1944: In the Philippines - On Leyte, various Japanese counterattacks in the northwest are repulsed by American forces. Up to this point, the Japanese have suffered about 70,000 casualties, almost all killed, in the battles on Leyte. American casualties number 15,500 dead and wounded. The US 6th Army is being withdrawn from the island, in preparation for the invasion of Luzon, and the US 8th Army is replacing it. In the hills above Silad Bay, a tragic event occurs when the commander of the 32nd US Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop (Mechanized) Herman Bottcher dies during a Japanese mortar attack. Bottcher´s men had spent more than 40 days behind enemy lines when they were suddenly attacked by Japanese troops. Captain Herman Bottcher, who also achieved the rank of captain in the Republican Army during the Spanish Civil War, distinguished himself as a hero of the Battle of Buna in New Guinea. His merits stand out especially in light of the fact that he was a German who had only held American citizenship for one year at the time of his death.
January 4, 1945: In the Philippines - Americans B-24 Liberator bombers attack Clark Field in Manila, on Luzon and claim to destroy 20 Japanese aircraft. Shipping near Luzon is also attacked. It is claimed that 35 Japanese vessels have been sunk or severely damaged. In the Sulu Sea, the escort carrier USS Ommaney Bay (CVE-79) is sunk by a lone and surprise attack of the kamikaze aircraft Yokosuka P1Y.
January 9, 1945: In the Philippines - Elements of US 6th Army (General Krueger) begin landings on Luzon at Lingayen Gulf (Operation Mike 1) with naval support under the direction of Admiral Kinkaid. The US I Corps (General Swift) come ashore, from the ships Task Force 78, around San Fabian. The assault units are from US 43rd and 6th Infantry Divisions. The US XIV Corps (General Griswold) disembarks, from ships of Task Force 79, near Lingayen village. The assault units are from US 37th and 40th Divisions. The Japanese commander in north Luzon is General Yamashita. In addition to the 150,000 troops under his direct leadership in the north of the island, Yamashita also has available the 110,000-strong Japanese forces around Manila and to the south. The closest Japanese forces are from the 23rd Division. Yamashita does not contest the landings during the day. However, continued Japanese air attacks in which the battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41) and two cruisers are hit. In a night attack by explosive suicide motorboats Shinyo two landing crafts are sunk and transport ship USS War Hawk (AP-168) is demaged.
January 9, 1945: In Formosa and Okinawa - The fleet carriers of Task Force 38 attack targets on Okinawa and Formosa in conjunction with US Army Air Force B-29 Superfortress bombers from bases in China. This is intended to give cover to the landings on Luzon. Three Japanese escort ships are sunk with seven other cargo ships. At the Takao harbor in Formosa, in the raid on ship Enoura Maru, 400 allied prisoners of war were killed, who survived the sinking of Oryoku Maru in the Philippines on December 15, 1944. And that includes several Czechoslovaks.
January 10, 1945: In the Philippines - The US forces continue to come ashore on Luzon. Their beachhead is now several miles wide and deep.
January 11, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US 25th Division and an armored group land at Lingayen to reinforce the American beachhead. The first serious fighting begins ashore. There are more Kamikaze attacks on the American ships. Many smaller craft are damaged.
January 13, 1945: In the Philippines - The escort carrier, USS Salamaua (CVE-96), is badly damaged in a Kamikaze attack. These are now becoming rare, however, because most of the Kamikaze aircraft have been lost and the rest withdrawn. Ashore, the US bridgehead in Ligayen Gulf on Luzon is steadily being extended. Damortis is taken.
January 15, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US XIV Corps continues to advance south from the beachhead and has now crossed the Agno River. The US I Corps is attacking north and east but fails to reach its objective of Rosario.
January 19, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US attacks are now being concentrated to the south of the beachhead with the aim of striking to Manila. Carmen is taken.
January 21, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US 40th Division takes Tarlac and pushes south toward Clark Field.
January 22, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US I Corps is engaged in heavy fighting near Carmen and Rosario.
January 23, 1945: In the Philippines - Elements of US XIV Corps take Bamban in their continuing southward attacks and almost reach Clark Field.
January 25, 1945: In the Philippines - The US 37th Division, US XIV Corps (Griswold), occupies a large part of the Clark Field air base.
January 27, 1945: In the Philippines - The US 32nd Infantry Division lands at Lingayen Gulf to reinforce the American troops there.
January 29, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US XI Corps (General Hall) lands at San Antonio north of Subic Bay to join the American offensive. About 30,000 men go ashore on the first day of the landing. Their task is to advance across the neck of the Bataan Peninsula and clear it of Japanese resistance.
January 30, 1945: In the Philippines, Luzon - units of American Rangers, Alamo Scouts and Filipino guerrillas makes one of the largest and most successful rescue operation in history. By secret infiltration of Japanese lines and move into the Japanese rear, they are doing a quick overflow liberate 522 POW and civilians in a POW camp Cabanatuan and then transport them safely to the American positions. They are mostly survivors of the infamous Bataan Death March and there was legitimate concern that the approach of U.S. combat troops could cause execution of all prisoners by Japanese. A US battalion is landed to take Grande Island in Subic Bay. To the north, US XI Corps begins to advance inland quickly and takes Olangapo on Luzon.
January 31, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, two regiments of General Swing’s 11th Airborne Division are landed by sea near Nasugbu southwest of Manila. Admiral Fechteler leads the naval support with a cruiser and eight destroyers. There is little opposition to the landing. North of Manila, the US advance is still making progress. US XIV Corps units have nearly reached Calumpit in a converging attack.
February 1, 1945: In the Philippines - The American advance on all fronts is slowed by fierce Japanese resistance. US I Corps is heavily engaged near Rosario and San Jose while US XI Corps is struggling to make more ground across the neck of the Bataan Peninsula.
February 3, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon in the Tagaytay Ridge area, the uncommitted regiment of the US 11th Airborne Division is dropped to help the advance of the other regiments. The fighting north of Manila also continues. The small American unit advances up to the largest civilian internment camp in the Philippines, Santo Tomas Internment Camp, which houses nearly 4,000 starving American and British citizens. One of the interned military nurses, Ruby Bradley, will become one of the most decorated women in the United States military for her exemplary duty.
February 4, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, advance units of the US 1st Cavalry Division reach the outskirts of Manila from the north while units of 11th Airborne Division approach from the south. Yamashita has ordered his forces to not defend the city but the 20,000 Japanese troops under the local naval commander in the city are prepared to fight to the end. Later will be Yamashita adjudged to death by war tribunal for the war crimes perpetrated by navy units defending Manila, althought his command over them was only formal and really they were out of his control.
February 5, 1945: In the South China Sea - The Japanese carrier-battleship Ise, is damaged by a mine off Indochina.
February 5, 1945: In the Philippines - The US forces close in tighter around Manila. The US XI Corps has completed its attack across the Bataan Peninsula.
February 8, 1945: In the Philippines - The US 1st Cavalry Division is heavily engaged in the eastern suburbs of Manila. The US 37th Division is also fighting in the city.
February 9, 1945: In the Philippines - As well as the fighting in Manila, there is an attack by the US 11th Airborne Division southeast of the city near Nichols and Nielsen Fields.
February 10, 1945: Northern Philippines - above Batan Island (in Batanes archipelago, half-way between Luzon and Taiwan, not the Bataan peninsula), after a raid on the Japanese airport US fighter ace Louis Curdes in his P-51 Mustang see transport Dakota with the US marking going down to land at the airport. When the Dakota pilot does not respond to the warning, he plans to send him to the ground, either to be a enemy or a US airplane that must not be left at an enemy airport. After an emergency landing on the water, the American crew apparently managed to get into the rescue boat, where it was subsequently rescued by Catalina, and later it was revealed that the Dakota pilot had lost his orientation and was running on fuel, and between the passengers were accidentally a nurse with whom the "victorious" pilot a few days ago he made a new acquaintance. Louis Curdes became the only American fighter airman who in his career shot down German, Italian and Japanese aircraft (such were only three pilots) and also American aircraft. But this ace was eventually caught - he finally married Svetlana Valeri.
February 12, 1945: In the Philippines - The US XI Corps has closed the neck of the Bataan Peninsula and is advancing southward to clear the Japanese forces from it.
February 13, 1945: In the Philippines - US Navy forces begin operations in Manila Bay, clearing minefields and shelling landing grounds. Corregidor is bombarded. In the ground fighting, the US 11th Airborne Division takes Cavite and completes the capture of Nichols Field.
February 15, 1945: In the Philippines - A regiment from US XI Corps is landed at the southern tip of Bataan on Luzon to help in the operations of the remainder of the corps. The fighting in Manila continues.
February 16, 1945: In the Philippines - Two American battalions, one sea borne and one dropped by parachute, land on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay. The attacking troops land successfully but encounter heavy Japanese resistance among the tunnels and gun emplacements of the island. The US troops are quickly reinforced. Since the battle for Luzon began, about 3200 tons of bombs have been dropped on Corregidor.
February 19, 1945: In the Philippines - There are American landings on the northwest islands of Samar and Capul. No Japanese resistance is encountered.
February 20, 1945: In the Philippines - There are American landings on the island of Biri where Japanese resistance is encountered.
February 21, 1945: In the Philippines - The US XI Corps completes the capture of the Bataan area of Luzon. Fighting on Corregidor continues, as does the battle for Manila.
February 23, 1945: In the Philippines - The US forces attacking in Manila resume their offensive after a new bombardment. The Japanese resistance is now largely confined to the old walled section of the town, the Intramuros, but the fighting there is very fierce. Surprising combined amphibious and airborne attack by US troops together with Filipino guerillas rescues 2,147 Allied civilian and prisoners of war from the Los Baños prison camp. They are evacuated from Japanese-controlled area across Lake Laguna de Bay on LVT-4 amphibious vehicles, and between them is Frank Buckles, a World War I participant who will live up to 110 years and will die in 2011 as the last surviving American veteran of the Great War. Meanwhile, on the Corregidor Island, the Japanese crew of the Malinta Tunnel underground complex commits mass suicide. After the entrance to the underground is blocked by fire from the US destroyer USS Converse (DD-509), Japanese soldiers trapped in the bowels decide to detonate the building with explosives.
February 24, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, American forces eliminate desperate Japanese resistance in the Intramuros -- the old walled quarter of Manila.
February 26, 1945: In the Philippines - The fighting on Corregidor comes to an end. The US forces find more than 5000 Japanese dead on the tiny island and others have been trapped in collapsed tunnels. There are 19 prisoners. American casualties are estimated at 1000.
February 28, 1945: In the Philippines - There are America landings at Puerto Princesa on Palawan by 8000 men of 41st Infantry Division. Admiral Fechteler leads a bombardment group of cruisers and destroyers and there is also support from land-based aircraft. There is little Japanese resistance to the landings.
March 1, 1945: In the Philippines - Japanese resistance in Manila is confined to a few blocks in the administrative area of the city. Nearer the landing area at Lingayen Gulf there are renewed efforts by US I Corps in the direction of Baguio and north along the coast.
March 3, 1945: In the Philippines - Japanese resistance in Manila comes to an end after a month-long battle. Most of the 20,000 Japanese defenders have been killed and the town has been devastated. Troops from the Americal Division are landed on Ticao and Burias Islands to the west of the San Bernadino Strait.
March 7, 1945: In the Philippines - Forces of the US I Corps are engaged south of San Fernando. South of Manila, the US XIV Corps is fighting near Balayan Bay and Batangas against the defense lines of the south Luzon Shimbu Group of the Japanese forces.
March 10, 1945: In the Philippines - Most of the US 41st Infantry Division is landed at the southwest of Mindanao near Zamboanga. General Doe commands the troops and Admiral Barbey the naval support. On Luzon fighting continues south of Laguna de Bay where the US forces are still trying to break through to the east and in the north, where American troops are fighting their way up the Villa Verde Trail toward the Cagayan Valley. During the fighting at Villa Verde, Private Thomas E. Atkins is distinguished for defending an advanced position against intense Japanese attacks for four hours, action for later will be awared by the Medal of Honor. Organized Japanese resistance on the island of Palawan comes to an end.
March 11, 1945: In the Philippines - There is more fighting in the Batangas area south of Manila and in the north toward Baguio.
March 23, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, San Fernando is taken by US I Corps with help from Filipino guerrillas.
April 1, 1945: In the Philippines - The US 158th Regiment (General MacNider) lands at Legaspi in the southeast of Luzon and takes the town and nearby airfield. Elsewhere on Luzon American forces are beginning to advance toward the southeast of Manila after much hard fighting against the Japanese forces of the Shimbu Group (General Yokoyama). Forces of the Japanese 14th Army (General Yamashita), in the north of the island, have also engaged by American and Filipino forces.
April 3, 1945: In the Philippines - Part of the US 40th Division lands on Masbate to assist Filipino guerrillas who have controlled part of it for several days.
April 5, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, south and west of Manila, the US forces on either side of Laguna de Bay are beginning to make significant gains in their attacks. In Manila Bay, on Caballo Island, American troops pour thousands of gallons of a diesel/gasoline mixture into Fort Hughes and set it on fire but fail to entirely eliminate Japanese resistance.
April 8, 1945: Formosa (Taiwan) - For the day bad weather prevents attacks on the primary targets north of the Philippines, B-24s and B-25s hit secondary targets on Formosa including Chomosui Airfield in the Pescadores Islands.
April 9, 1945: In the Philippines - In the Sulu Archipelago, the US 163rd Infantry Regiment, of US 41st Division, lands on Jolo. There is no Japanese resistance. Other 41st Division units land on Busuanga in the Calamian group.
April 10, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the advance of US XIV Corps reaches Lamon Bay and the coastal town of Mauban is captured.
April 13, 1945: In the Philippines - In Manila Bay, American forces land on Fort Drum, known as "the Concrete Battleship", and begin to pour 5,000 gallons of oil fuel into the fortifications. This is then set on fire and burns for five days, eliminating the Japanese garrison.
April 14, 1945: In the Philippines - The US XIV Corps continues its advance onto the Bicol Peninsula in the southwest of Luzon. Calauag is taken. In north Luzon, US I Corps continues attacking near Baguio but fails to make significant progress.
April 16, 1945: In the Philippines - American forces land on Fort Frank (Carabao Island) and find it abandoned. This completes the capture of the islands in Manila Bay.
April 19, 1945: In the Philippines - In the advance by US I Corps units, on the northwest coast of Luzon, Vigan is taken.
April 21, 1945: In the Philippines - The heavy fighting near Baguio is continuing, with the attacks of the US 37th Division making some gains near the Irisan River and the 33rd Division advancing to the west of the city.
April 23, 1945: In the Philippines - Units of US 37th Division reach the outskirts of Baguio.
April 30, 1945: Philippines - the Mexican 201st Fighter Squadron (Escuadrón Aéreo de Pelea 201) arrives in Manila. Squadron was trained in the United States and with its P-47Ds will fight in Luzon until the end of the war.
May 2, 1945: In the Philippines - The US XIV Corps units advancing west along the Bicol Peninsula of Luzon link up, near Naga, with units from the Legaspi area that have moved east. On this part of the island, Japanese forces have now been scattered.
May 6, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, elements of the US 25th Division, part of US I Corps, capture the Kembu plateau. On Mindanao, the US 24th and 31st Divisions overrun Japanese positions north of Davao, where the Japanese 35th Army (General Morozumi) is concentrated.
May 13, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the force of the US I Corps complete the occupation of the Balete Pass, clearing the way into the Cagayan valley. The US 43rd Division, part of US XI Corps, comes within sight of the Ipo dam.
June 5, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the US 37th Division (US I Corps) occupy Aritao and advance northward from the town.
June 6, 1945: In the Philippines - American forces advance without meeting significant resistance in the Cagayan valley, on Luzon, as well as on Minadanao.
June 7, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon forces from US I Corps take Bambang and move northeast toward the Cagayan Valley. Other units are moving around the coast from the northwest to the north of the island.
June 8, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, patrols of the US 37th Division reach the Magat river. The US 145th Infantry Regiment (US 37th Division) takes Solano and advances as far as Bagabag, towards the Cagayan valley.
June 23, 1945: In the Philippines - American paratroopers land near Aparri on the north coast of Luzon, at the mouth of the Cagayan River, without incident in the last large airborne operation of WW2. For the second wave of landing, the Americans are using gliders for the first and last time in the Pacific. They link up with a large force of Filipino guerrillas. The combined force advances southward to make contact with the US 37th Division.
June 26, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, the American paratroopers dropped near Aparri link up with the US 37th Division. The divisional headquarters now takes command of the parachute battalion and the regimental task force, sent north earlier, as well as the Filipino guerrillas operating in the area.
July 4, 1945: In Manila - General MacArthur announces that the Philippines have been completely liberated.
July 11, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, Americans forces drop thousands of napalm bombs on Japanese pockets on the Sierra Madre and in the Kiangan area.
July 12, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, American forces drop napalm on Japanese pockets of resistance.
July 25, 1945: The United States - the war film Back to Bataan, describing fighting on the Philippine island of Luzon in 1942 and subsequent liberation of prisoners from Cabanatuan camp in 1945, is released. The main roles are acted by stars John Wayene and Anthony Quinn.
July 29, 1945: Philippines - During fighting in the Cordillera Mountains on Luzon Island, Corporal Melvin Mayfield proves exemplary courage, single-handedly attacking four enemy positions by grenades and cabarine. This heroic act will be the last action in World War II to be awarded by the Medal of Honor.
August 7, 1945: In the Philippines - On Luzon, officers from the headquarters of the US 1st Army meet in readiness for the coming invasion of Japan.
August 11, 1945: In Manila - General MacArthur says that the atomic bomb was unnecessary since the Japanese would have surrendered anyway.
August 17, 1945: Tokyo - At the Nara hotel, Philippine President José P. Laurel issues an Executive Proclamation which declared the dissolution of his regime. Despite being the president of a Japanese-controlled state body (was a participant in the Great East Asian Conference), by history will be regarded rather than as a collaborant as an experienced lawyer and politician who lobbied and did what he could do in the given situation. After all, his career in the highest positions of the Philippines will continue after the war.
August 18, 1945: In the Philippines - Missions from British Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten and Marshal Chiang Kai-shek have arrived in Manila for the conference with the Japanese surrender emissaries.
August 19, 1945: In the Philippines - Japanese representatives of the government arrive in Manila to conclude the surrender of the remaining Japanese troops and receive instructions on the plans for the occupation of Japan and the signing of the surrender documents. Meanwhile, General MacArthur ordered a halt to all amphibious landing operations.
August 23, 1945: In the Philippines - General MacArthur orders the release of some 5000 Filipinos interned for security reasons.
August 25, 1945: In the Philippines - General Yamashita informs the commander of the US 32nd Division that he has ordered all Japanese troops in the Philippines to lay down their arms.
August 31, 1945: In the Philippines - The remaining Japanese troops formally surrender.
September 1, 1945: In the Philippines - General MacArthur ends military rule, which has been in force since the American landings on Leyte, because the Philippine government has been re-established and is functioning normally. Control of all areas reverts to the Philippine commonwealth.
September 2, 1945: In Tokyo - The Japanese surrender is signed aboard the battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) in Tokyo Bay. Foreign Minister Shigemitsu leads the Japanese delegation. MacArthur accepts the surrender on behalf of all the Allies. Admiral Nimitz signs for the United States and Admiral Fraser for Britain. There are representatives of all the other Allied nations. Also present are Generals Percival and Wainwright who have been Japanese prisoner since they surrendered at Singapore and Corregidor, respectively and who then flew to the Philippines to accept the surrender of General Jamashita giving up on the same day with 50,000 remaining men.
January 1, 1946: Philippines - 20 Japanese Army personnel who haa been hiding in a tunnel at Corregidor Island surrender to a US serviceman after learning the war had ended from a newspaper found while collecting water.
February 23, 1946: Philippines - in Manila, a death sentence is executed over the "Tiger of Malaya" Japanese General Yamashita. The general, after his brilliant victory in Malaya, was weaned by his jealous colleagues´ intrigue for an insignificant post in Manchuria, China, but at the end of the war he was charged with the hopeless defense of the Philippine Islands. He managed to keep part of the island of Luzon until the end of the war, but he was betrayed the second time after the surrender, when he was assigned to him by the Allied Military Tribunal for war crimes committed in the Battle of Manila by raging Japanese troops, but whos acted in violation of his orders and he had no real control over them. One of the most capable field commander of the Second World War is so dishonestly dying by hanging as a victim of mist from its less talented enemies.
July 4, 1946: Philippines - the Philippines are officially recognized by the United States as an independent nation through the Treaty of Manila. 1st President of the Third Philippine Republic became Manuel Roxas and 4th of july bacame the Philippine Republic Day.

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Game play matters:

Campaign play:
Lose or Minor victory leads to Okinawa, after Major victory follows Manchuria 1945.

Scenario rarities:
In the ranks of the Allied Air Force is operating unit of the P-47D Thunderbolt under the Mexican flag. Mexico joined the war against the Axis powers first June 1942 and the war in the Pacific involved by the participation of Luzon liberation in the form of action expeditionary combat wing "Esquadron Aereo de Pelea 201" which was armed with Thunderbolts.

Scenario data:

Map size: 50 x 52 hexes
24 turns, 2 days per turn
Version: PacPG 1, Starting side: Axis, Campaign: Japanese campaign, Order in campaign: 19.
Axis states:    Japan
Allied states:    USA, Philippines, Mexico
Neutral states:    -
Axis:    defend
Allies:    attack
Experience of Axis purchased units:   
Experience of Allied purchased units:   
Climate region:    Oceania, tropics
Weather character in region:    Rain regularly all year round.
Game time costingness of scenario:    50.74 %
(product of units and turns numbers divided by difference between the most long and the most short scenario)
Number of Axis units:
110 units, from them are 33 core units and 77 auxiliary units
14 air units, 0 naval units and 96 ground units
0 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport
Transports Air/Naval:
Axis - Allies


0/1 - 10/24
Number of Allied units:
75 units
18 air units, 9 naval units and 48 ground units
6 of units are loaded to air transport and 0 to naval transport

Initial prestige + every turn donation:
Axis / Allies


586 + 118 / 750 + 0
Max number of Axis units:
118 units, from them are 33 core units and 85 auxiliary units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 8 unit
   (0 core + 8 auxiliary)
Max number of Allied units:
79 units
- on start of scenario is possible to purchase 4 unit
Transport units:
Axis - air:    not available
Allies - air:    C-47 Dakota
Axis - naval:    Transport
Allies - naval:    AF Transport

Victory conditions:

Decisive strategic objects:      (20,6) Baguio Airfield, (19,29) Clark Field, (29,23) Cabanatuan, (21,15) Rosales Airfield

Major victory:      hold 4 of these objectives
Minor victory:      hold at least 2 of these objectives

Prestige donation for Major victory:      1500
Prestige donation for Minor victory:      1000

Battle participated units:

   Complete list of all units on map including coordinates, strenght, experience etc.

 List of types participated units
Axis units:

Hohei 1943 (Infantry 1943) (Japan)
Senpaku Kohei (Engineers - SNLF) (Japan)
Kohei (Bridge Engineers) (Japan)
Type 98 Ke-Ni (Japan)
Type 1 Chi-He (Japan)
Shinhoto Chi-Ha (Japan)
M3 Kei Sensha (Japan)
Type 97 Chi-Ha (Japan)
Type 95 Ha-Go (Japan)
Type 89 Chi-Ro (Japan)
Type 1 Ho-Ni 1 (Japan)
Type 1 47mm (Japan)
Type 1 Ho-Ni 2 (Japan)
Type 4 Ho-Ro (Japan)
Type 94 75mm (Japan)
Type 91 105mm (Japan)
Meiji 38 Improved 75mm Field Gun (Japan)
Type 98 Ko-Hi (Japan)
Type 96 AA Gun Prime Mover (Japan)
Type 98 20mm (Japan)
Type 14 105mm (Japan)
Type 88 75mm (Japan)
Bunker (Japan)
Strong Point (Japan)
Pill Box (Japan)
J2M Jack (Raiden) (Japan)
N1K2 George (Shiden) (Japan)
Ki-84 Frank (Hayate) (Japan)
Ki-61 Tony (Hien) (Japan)
Ki-43 Oscar (Hayabusa) (Japan)
A6M2 Zero (Reisen) (Japan)
D4Y Judy (Suisei) (Japan)
G4M Betty (Rikko) (Japan)
G3M Nell (Japan)
Ki-67 Peggy (Hiryu) (Japan)
Isuzu Type 94 6-Wheeled Truck (Japan)
Allied units:

Flamethrower Infantry (USA)
US Rangers 43 (USA)
Para 43 (USA)
Infantry HW 43 (USA)
Infantry 43 (USA)
Bridge Engineers (USA)
M4A3E8 Sherman (Easy Eight) (USA)
M4A1 Sherman (USA)
Sherman POA (USA)
M5 Stuart (USA)
US M8 Greyhound Light Armored Car (USA)
M18 Hellcat (USA)
M10 Wolverine (USA)
US M12 Gun Motor Carriage (USA)
US 8´´ Gun (USA)
US M4A3 (105) (USA)
US 105mm Gun (USA)
US M7 Howitzer Motor Carriage Priest (USA)
US 75mm Gun (USA)
US M19 Duster (USA)
P-61 Black Widow (USA)
F4U Corsair (USA)
P-51B Mustang (USA)
P-47D Thunderbolt (USA)
F6F Hellcat (USA)
P-38 Lightning (USA)
B-25H Mitchell (USA)
Douglas A-20 Havoc (USA)
SB2C Helldiver (USA)
B-24D Liberator (USA)
Destroyer (USA)
Battleship class Iowa (USA)
Light Cruiser (USA)
Heavy Cruiser (USA)
Battleship (USA)
Heavy Aircraft Carrier (USA)
US M2 Halftruck (USA)
US GM Truck (USA)
C-47 Dakota (USA)
Partisans (Philippines)
AF Truck (Philippines)
P-47D Thunderbolt (Mexico)

The same time period scenarios:

Iwo Jima (PacAGPG 1), Burma 44-45 (PacAGPG 2), Buin (PacAGPG 2), Philippines 1945 (PacPG 1), Iwo Jima (PacPG 1)

Map names list:

Agno River
Alabat Island
Alabat; Alabat Island
Bagac Bay
Baguio Airfield
Baler Bay
Bauang
Bayombong
Binalonan
Bridge in ruins
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Tactical map (large & detail):

Basic map
Map with unloaded transports and order numbers of units

Battlefield map: