Battle of Davao

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Battle of Davao
Part of Philippines Campaign, World War II
Date April 27 to June 10, 1945 Location Davao City, Davao Province, Mindanao island, Commonwealth of the Philippines (now Republic of the Philippines) Result Allied victory Territorial changes Davao City and Davao Province liberated by the Allies
Belligerents
United States  Commonwealth of the Philippines	Japan  Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Douglas MacArthur Robert L. Eichelberger Clarence A. Martin Roscoe B. Woodruff Wendell W. Fertig Basilio J. Valdes Federico G. Ubuza Armando Generoso Saturnino Silva	Gyosaku Morozumi Jiro Harada Muraji Kawazoe
Units involved
X Corps 24th Infantry Division 31st Infantry Division 130th Infantry Regiment Local guerrilla units	14th Army 100th Division
Strength
108,000 total 38,000 men	15,000 men,[1] shore batteries, artillery and suicide boats
Casualties and losses
US: 350 dead, 1,615 wounded[2]: 635	4,500 in Davao City,[2]: 635  ~3,000 in Ising
Thousands of civilians dead, wounded, missing and made homeless.

The Battle of Davao (Filipino: Labanan sa Davao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Davao) was a major battle in which American and Philippine Commonwealth troops including locally organized guerrillas fought the Japanese to liberate the city of Davao. The battle is part of Operation VICTOR V, an offensive operation against Japanese forces in Mindanao, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II. The battle was the decisive engagement of the Mindanao Campaign.^[2]: 629