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Part of the Philippines campaign (1941–1942), Pacific Theater | |||||||||
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4,106 Japanese Troops |
7,000 Filipino and American Troops |
Japanese invasion of Panay (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa isla ngPanay, Cebuano: Pagsulong sa Hapon sa Panay) on April 16–18, 1942 was the second landing in the Visayas Islands after Fil-American forces surrendered in Bataan on April 9, 1942. It is the next step to prevent any supplies reach Corregidor Island and control the Visayas waters and established bases for the campaign to invade island of Mindanao to complete the invasion of the Philippines.[1]
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