Six months after Japanese forces attacked the Philippines in December 1941, Japan

Japanese forces invaded the Philippines in December 1941 and captured the remaining major American-held positions by May 1942, including Corregidor. So about six months after the attack, Japan was in control of the islands. The U.S. victory at Midway in June 1942 did not mean Japan had been defeated in the Philippines.

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