Japanese invasion of Panay

Japanese Invasion of Panay Island
	Part of the Philippines campaign (1941–1942), Pacific Theater
Date	April 16 – 18, 1942
Location	Panay, Visayas, Philippines
Result	Japanese victory
Territorial; changes	Panay captured by the Japanese
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	United States of America Commonwealth of the Philippines;
Commanders and leaders
Kawamura Saburo	Bradford Chynoweth; Albert F. Christie; Franklin Fliniau; James Bickerton; Lyle J. Fritzpatrick; Macario Peralta Capili Grino
Units involved
Ground units: ; Japanese Fourteenth Army Kawamura Detachment 9th Infantry Brigade; 41st Infantry Regiment; Aerial units: ; 22nd Air Brigade	Ground units: ; Philippine Commonwealth Army 61st Infantry Division 63rd Infantry Regiment; 61st Provisional Infantry Regiment; 62nd Provisional Infantry Regiment; 61st Engineer Battalion; 61st Medical Battalion; ; Philippine Constabulary Panay PC Company; Capiz PC Company; Antique PC Company;
Strength
4,106 Japanese Troops; 4 Cruisers 11 Transports	7,000 Filipino and American Troops; 500 PC Constabularies

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]

^ Morton, Louis (1953). The Fall of the Philippines, November 1, 1941 – May 12, 1942 (1st ed.). Washington, D.C: US Government Printing Office (published June 27, 1953). p. 506.

[:0-1] Morton, Louis (1953). The Fall of the Philippines, November 1, 1941 – May 12, 1942 (1st ed.). Washington, D.C: US Government Printing Office (published June 27, 1953). p. 506.

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