32: The Largest Surrender in US History - The Fall of the Philippines 1942

The Largest Surrender in US History - The Fall of the Philippines 1942

Merely hours after the attack on Pearl Harbour, the Imperial Japanese military launched a massive, coordinated invasion of the Philippines. In this episode of the Militia Historia Podcast, we chronicle the harrowing five-month campaign that resulted in one of the most devastating military defeats in American history.

We explore the sudden destruction of Allied air power at Clark Field and General Douglas MacArthur’s controversial strategic withdrawal that forced the combined American and Filipino forces into a brutal, starving defence on the Bataan Peninsula.

We detail the ferocious jungle combat against Lieutenant General Masaharu Homma's troops, the relentless artillery bombardments, and the final, defiant stand at the island fortress of Corregidor.

This episode also respectfully covers the tragic aftermath of the surrender, examining the horrors of the Bataan Death March.

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