WWII - U.S. Forces in the Philippines: Too Little, Too Late
In the South Pacific, U.S. forces in the Philippines felt the brunt of Japanese military might on December 8, 1941.
Here s What You Need to Know: The ultimate fate of the Philippines had been determined long before the first bombs fell at Clark Field.
In the popular history of World War II, the assertion that the United States was caught unprepared in Hawaii and the Philippines has become widely accepted as fact. However, in the case of the Philippines, the proper word should be “under-prepared,” as this term more accurately represents the true situation that existed in the Philippine Islands in the early morning hours of December 8, 1941.