Spring 1942
Fall of Manila
Massive air support is used by Japan in the final attack on Manila. After a siege lasting several weeks, the garrison on Corregidor, the fortress island in Manila Bay, surrendered. Japan quickly thereafter took control of all the Phillipines
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"Enemy submarines are to be called U-Boats. The term submarine is to be reserved for Allied under water vessels. U-Boats are those dastardly villains who sink our ships, while submarines are those gallant and noble craft which sink theirs." Winston Churchill
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