![]() ![]() Infantry Division (plus the 1 ST Cavalry Division, 112 THĬavalry RCT, and 3 additional Infantry divisions) was added to the Sixth Army However, during the final planning for theĪssault of Luzon, the estimate of Japanese strength on the island was increased The Allies believed that these forces, ablyĬommanded by General Tomoyuki Yamashita, would put up determined opposition. The majority of which (110,000) were believed to be combat troops. The Japanese forces on Luzon numbered some 150,000, Japan had lost the war, but she would not yetĭuring the initial planning for the Luzon campaign, the Allies estimated that Perimeter and his lines of supply inevitably worked to his advantage. The reduced length of the enemy’s defensive Strong forces for defense were still at their disposal. Japanese air, ground, and naval strength had been considerably pared down, yet Same fanatic zeal and tenacity of purpose that characterized his fighting in Military text, The War With Japan, sums up the Japanese attitude this way:Ĭlosed, the enemy nowhere exhibited any deterioration of his will to For the Japanese Army was far from finished But in spite of this situation, so differentįrom the days of 1942, the Division still faced some of the mostīitter fighting of its World War II experience. Its power on the task of freeing the Philippines. Small element in the great ground, air and sea force that was to concentrate ![]() “The 32d Infantry Division was now a relatively Bataan and Corregidor were well-remembered “Luzon, largest of the Philippine group, hadĪdded importance because it included Manila, the capital, and because it hadīeen the site of the main U.S. Stage was set for the climax of the liberation of the Philippine Islands from Nearly 300 miles to the northwest, was also falling into American hands and the “While our forces were bringing the Leyte-SamarĬampaign to a successful conclusion, the island of Mindore, The mountains generally extend the length of the island. Philippines are located on Luzon, the highest peak rises over 9,600 feet, and Luzon is the largest island in the Philippines and is the northern most of theĪbout 500 miles long and is over 40,000 square miles in area. ![]() That common to the European and Mediterranean theaters.” (R. Opportunity for the employment of mass and maneuver on a scale even approaching Visayan Islands) was exceeded in size during World War II only by the driveĬampaign differed from others of the Pacific war in that it alone provided Mindoro Island and the securing of the shipping lanes through the central Luzon Campaign (which strategically and tactically includes the seizure of Viewed from the aspect of commitment of U. Walter Krueger’s Sixth Army pouredĪshore over the beaches of Lingayen Gulf. Philippines was the climax of the Pacific war, although no one anticipated this “For the forces of General Douglas MacArthur’s Southwest PacificĪrea the reconquest of Luzon and the Southern World War II The ‘Red Arrow’ Luzon Campaign - The ![]()
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