Battle of Baguio

Capture of Baguio
Part of World War II and the Allied Liberation of the Philippines

General Yamashita (center, on the near side of the table) at the surrender ceremony at Camp John Hay on 3 September 1945
Date21 February – 26 April 1945[1]
Location
Baguio, Mountain Province, Luzon, Philippines
Result Allied victory
Territorial
changes		 Allied forces liberate Baguio from Japanese occupiers
Belligerents

 United States

 Japan

Commanders and leaders
United States Walter Krueger
United States Innis P. Swift[2]
United States Percy W. Clarkson[3]
United States Robert S. Beightler[4]
United States Russell W. Volckmann[5][6]		 Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita[2]
Empire of Japan Fukutaro Nishiyama[7]
Empire of Japan Noakata Utsunomiya[2]
Empire of Japan Bunzo Sato[7]
Units involved

United States Sixth Army[2][8][9][10]

United States Commonwealth of the Philippines United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon[2]

  • 11th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP-NL[2]
  • 66th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP-NL[2]

Empire of Japan Fourteenth Area Army[2]

Casualties and losses
Over 2,000 killed[2]

The Battle of Baguio (Filipino: Labanan sa Baguio; Ilocano: Gubat ti Baguio) occurred between 21 February and 26 April 1945 and was part of the greater Luzon campaign during the Allied liberation of the Philippines at the end of World War II.[2] During the battle, American and Philippine forces recaptured the city of Baguio on the island of Luzon from a Japanese occupation force. One of the last tank engagements of the Philippine campaign took place during the battle. Baguio later became the scene of the final surrender of Japanese forces in the Philippines in September 1945.[11]

  1. ^ "33d Infantry Division". U.S. Center of Military History. United States Army. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2014. Baguio and Camp John Hay fell on 26 April, under the concerted attack of the 33d and the 37th Divisions.
    "37th Infantry Division". U.S. Center of Military History. United States Army. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 2 October 2014. After garrison duty in Manila, 5–26 March, the Division shifted to the hills of Northwest Luzon, where heavy fighting culminated in the capture of Baguio, 26 April.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Smith, Robert Ross (1993). "Chapter XXV: The Collapse of the Baguio Front". Triumph in the Philippines (PDF). Department of the Army. pp. 468–490. ISBN 978-0-16-023810-9. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Maj. Gen. Percy W. Clarkson". U.S. Army Pacific. United States Army. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  4. ^ "37th Infantry Division". U.S. Army Center of Military History. U.S. Army. 20 May 2011. Archived from the original on 30 May 2016. Retrieved 24 September 2014.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference YamashitaVolckmann was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Leary was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference ChXV was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ Salecker, Gene Eric (2008). Rolling Thunder Against The Rising Sun. Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books. p. 260. ISBN 978-0-8117-0314-7. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  9. ^ "Toward Baguio". 33rd Infantry Division Association. 2008. Retrieved 23 September 2014.
  10. ^ Williams, Mary H. (1999). Special Studies, Chronology, 1941–1945. Government Printing Office. p. 501. ISBN 978-0-16-001876-3. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  11. ^ Cite error: The named reference multiref was invoked but never defined (see the help page).