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General Douglas MacArthur

April 9, 1942: The Battle of Bataan Ends

on Mon, 04/09/2012 - 14:23

From December 7, 1941 through the spring of 1942 the armed forces of Japan enjoyed overwhelming success in not only locking up control over much of Southeast Asia and the Central and Southwest Pacific, but also defeating Allied military forces at nearly every turn. That said, this did not mean that, at times, these victories were not hard earned.