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
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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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