USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -After the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, they invaded Luzon, Philippines in January 1942. Despite insufficient supplies, American and Filipino troops were able to fight for three months.

Detailed explanation-2: -With the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. could no longer avoid an active fight. On December 8, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt asked Congress for and received a declaration of war against Japan.

Detailed explanation-3: -Background. Japan launched an attack on the Philippines on 8 December 1941, just ten hours after their attack on Pearl Harbor. Initial aerial bombardment was followed by landings of ground troops both north and south of Manila.

Detailed explanation-4: -The reason why Japan invade the Philippines The Philippines was an important location for transporting oil from the Dutch East Indies and French Indochina to Japan. In addition, the war between the U.S. and Japan made it necessary to invade the Philippines because it was an American colony.

Detailed explanation-5: -On the same day as the Pearl Harbor bombing, Japan attacked the U.S. territories of Guam and the Philippines, and the British territories of Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaya (part of present-day Malaysia). It also invaded the independent nation of Thailand.