Qualla: Battle of Bataan https://qualla.com/battle-of-bataan en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:37 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/w/d/t/e/battle-of-bataan-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Bataan https://qualla.com/battle-of-bataan Battle of Bataan: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-bataan/ Photo credit Unknown authorUnknown author or not provided, Public domain. They called themselves the Battling Bastards of Bataan -- "no mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam." The nickname captured something essential about the American and Filipino soldiers who held the peninsula through the first months of 1942: they were abandoned. The Pacific Fleet lay crippled at Pearl Harbor. The Asiatic Fleet had withdrawn from Philippine waters in late December 1941. General Douglas MacArthur had been ordered to Australia. And still they fought, buying time the Allies desperately needed with a defense that Japan had expected to crush within weeks.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/d/t/e/battle-of-bataan-wp/wdte-battle-of-bataan-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Bataan: A Timetable Disrupted https://qualla.com/battle-of-bataan/ Photo credit Center Of Military History, United States Army, Public domain. Japan's Imperial General Headquarters expected complete victory in the Philippines by mid-February 1942. The collapse of American naval power after Pearl Harbor gave Japanese commanders confidence that MacArthur's forces would surrender within a month. Instead, the defense of Bat...

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