What is Battle of Bataan?
{{Infobox military conflict |conflict=Battle of Bataan |image= JapaneseTroopsBataan1942.jpg |caption=Japanese soldiers celebrate victory on Bataan |partof=[[World War II]], [[Pacific War|Pacific theater]] |date=7 January – 9 April 1942 (3 months, and 2 days) |place=[[Bataan]] Peninsula near [[Manila Bay]] in [[Luzon|Luzon Island]], Philippines |result=Japanese tactical victory, strategic delay [[Bataan Death March]] |combatant1={{flag|United States|1912}} *{{flag|Philippines|name=Commonwealth of the Philippines}} |combatant2={{flag|Empire of Japan}} |commander1={{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Douglas MacArthur]]<br />{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV]]<br />{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[George M. Parker (general)|George M. Parker]]<br />{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[Edward P. King]]<br />{{flagicon|Philippines}} [[Vicente Lim]] |commander2={{flagicon|Japan|alt}} [[Masaharu Homma]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan|alt}} [[Susumu Morioka]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan|alt}} [[Kineo Kitajima]]<br />{{flagicon|Japan|alt}} [[Kameichiro Nagano]] |strength1=79,500 U.S. and Filipino troops |strength2=75,000 Japanese troops |casualties1='''115,000'''<br>10,000 killed,<br />20,000 wounded,<br />75,000 prisoners |casualties2='''19,000'''<br>7,000 killed,<br />12,000 wounded, }} The '''Battle of Bataan''' was part of [[Empire of Japan|Japan's]] [[Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)|invasion of the Philippines]] during [[World War II]]. The capture of the Philippine Islands was important to Japan's goals. Japan wanted to control the Southwest Pacific, capture the [[Natural resource|resource]]-rich [[Dutch East Indies]], and protect its [[Southeast Asia]] side. It was the largest surrender in American and Filipino military history. It was the largest United States surrender since the pre-[[American Civil War|Civil War's]] [[John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry|raid on Harper's Ferry]].<ref>{{Cite book | author = James I. Robertson, Jr | year = 1997 | chapter = | title = Stonewall Jackson: The Man, The Sol