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21h 28min, may 12, 1942 y - Japan captures Pillippines

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After several months of combat with U.S. and Filipino forces, Japan captures the Philippines when the last Allied troops surrender on the island of Mindanao.

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21h 28min, may 12, 1942 y
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~ 84 years ago