Maps of World War II 1939-1945

Conquest of Corregidor
May 5-6, 1942

The last American outpost in the Philippines was the island of Corregidor. It was intensively bombarded and ultimately a Japanese force established a beachhead and quickly eliminated the remaining opposition. General Wainright surrendered on May 6th. Japanese expectations of a fifty day campaign in the Philippines turned into be a bloody six month effort.