<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwlg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwlw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces begin an assault on the United States and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commonwealth_of_the_Philippines" id="mwmA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Commonwealth of the Philippines">Filipino</a> troops on the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Bataan" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Bataan">Bataan Peninsula</a>.