Battle of Mindanao

Battle of Mindanao
	Part of the Pacific Theater of World War II
	; LCM carries U.S. troops up the Mindanao River to Fort Pikit
Date	10 March – 15 August 1945
Location	Mindanao Island, Philippines
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States ; Commonwealth of the Philippines;	Japan Second Philippine Republic;
Commanders and leaders
Robert L. Eichelberger; Franklin C. Sibert; Albert G. Noble; Roscoe B. Woodruff; Clarence A. Martin; Basilio J. Valdes; Wendell W. Fertig; Salipada K. Pendatun	Gyosaku Morozumi; Jiro Harada; Naoji Doi
Units involved
Sixth Army X Corps 24th Infantry Division; ; Eighth Army XI Corps 31st Infantry Division; ;	Ground units: 35th Army 30th Infantry Division; 100th Infantry Division; 54th Mixed Brigade; Naval units: 32nd Naval Base Force
Strength
60,000, plus 32,000 guerrillas	65,000, including 12,000 civilians
Casualties and losses
221 killed and 665 wounded on Zamboanga Peninsula ; 820 killed and 2,880 wounded on E. Mindanao	6,400 killed and 1,100 captured on Zamboanga Peninsula ; 12,865 killed, 600 captured, 8,235 missing on E. Mindanao

The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V. It was part of the campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the southernmost portions of the archipelago from the Imperial Japanese Army.

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