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The surrender of Corregidor
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The surrender of Corregidor

6th May 1942: The last US and Philippine forces holding out in the tunnels under the fortified island are forced to surrender

May 6
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Two days after the capture of tunnels of Corregidor the Japanese forced men to return to re-enact the surrender for the purposes of a propaganda photograph.

In the Philippines the main US forces on the Bataan peninsula had surrendered on 9th April. Just offshore on the island of Corregidor a force under General Wainwright had continued to hold out desp…

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