Draft:Battle of Naga

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Battle of Naga
Part of the 1944–1945 Philippine Campaign and the Pacific Theater of World War II
An aerial view of pre-war Naga taken in April 7, 1935.
Date 9 — 12 April 1945 Location Naga, Philippines 13°37′N 123°11′E / 13.617°N 123.183°E / 13.617; 123.183 Result Allied victory Naga liberated
Belligerents
Commonwealth of the Philippines  United States	Japan  Republic of the Philippines (Second Republic)
Commanders and leaders
Elias Angeles Juan Q. Miranda Leon Aureus Ennis Whitehead	Shizuo Yokoyama Kenishi Sumi
Units involved
Ground forces Tangcong Vaca Guerilla Unit Camp Isarog Guerilla Unit Aerial forces 5th Air Force	41st Army Shimbu Detachment

The Battle of Naga (Filipino: Labanan ng Naga; Japanese: 名が の 戦い, romanized: Naga no Tatakai; Central Bikol: Laban kan Naga; 9 April—12 April 1945) was a series of battles outside of Naga during the Japanese occupation of Bicol and the Philippine campaign of 1944–45 in Southern Luzon within Camarines Sur, during the Second World War. It was mostly fought by guerilla forces of the Philippines against Japanese troops stationed in Camarines Sur and Naga, the capital city of Camarines Sur in 1945.

The three-day liberation was a collective effort of the chiefly Bicolano guerilla forces, such as the Tangcong Vaca Guerilla Unit formed by Elias Madrid and led by Major Juan Q. Miranda and Leon Aureus, and the Camp Isarog Guerilla Unit, the local Philippine Constabulary, and strategic bombing from the 5th Air Force to clean the 41st Army (Shimbu Detachment) out of the Isarog district and eventually out of the Bicol Peninsula in Southern Luzon. It also recuperated the spearhead of the 5th Cavalry Regiment from Manila with the 158th Regimental Combat Team from Albay, where first contact was met in the nearby town of Pili on March 1945.

On May 1, 1945, once the 5th Cavalry from Manila had entered Naga, the Tangcong Vaca Guerilla Unit had already swept urban Naga clear of Japanese resistance a month prior.