6 Mai 1942 Jahr - Surrender in the Philippines

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All U.S. forces in the Philippines surrender unconditionally to Japan.
Japan now controls the Philippines, large parts of Indonesia, Burma, and New Guinea.
U.S. Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright surrendered at midnight.
All 11,500 surviving Allied troops were evacuated to a prison stockade in Manila.

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