Battle of Mindanao

Battle of Mindanao
Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
LCM carries U.S. troops up the Mindanao River to Fort Pikit[1]: 625
Date 10 March – 15 August 1945 Location Mindanao Island, Philippines Result Allied victory
Belligerents
United States  Commonwealth of the Philippines	Japan  Second Philippine Republic
Commanders and leaders
Robert L. Eichelberger Franklin C. Sibert Albert G. Noble Roscoe B. Woodruff Clarence A. Martin Basilio J. Valdes Wendell W. Fertig Salipada K. Pendatun	Gyosaku Morozumi Jiro Harada Naoji Doi
Units involved
Sixth Army X Corps 24th Infantry Division Eighth Army XI Corps 31st Infantry Division	Ground units: 35th Army 30th Infantry Division 100th Infantry Division 54th Mixed Brigade Naval units: 32nd Naval Base Force
Strength
60,000, plus 32,000 guerrillas[2]	65,000, including 12,000 civilians[1]: 597, 647, 694
Casualties and losses
221 killed and 665 wounded on Zamboanga Peninsula[1]: 597  820 killed and 2,880 wounded on E. Mindanao[1]: 648	6,400 killed and 1,100 captured on Zamboanga Peninsula[1]: 597  12,865 killed, 600 captured, 8,235 missing on E. Mindanao [1]: 647

The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the southernmost portions of the archipelago from the Imperial Japanese Army.