Editing Corregidor (section)

===World War II===
During [[World War II]], Corregidor was the site of two costly [[siege]]s and pitched battles—the first during the first months of 1942, and the second in February 1945—between the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] and the U.S. Army, along with its smaller subsidiary force, the [[Philippine Army]].
[[File:Malinta Tunnel Surrender, Corregidor Island (1942).jpeg|thumb|right|350px|The surrender of U.S. forces at the Malinta Tunnel on May 6, 1942.]]
During the [[Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)]], the [[Imperial Japanese Army]] invaded Luzon from the north (at [[Lingayen Gulf]]) in early 1942 and attacked Manila from its landward side. American and Filipino troops under the command of General [[Douglas MacArthur]], retreated to the [[Bataan Peninsula]], west of Manila Bay. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942, ended all organized opposition by the [[United States Army Forces in the Far East|U.S. Armed Forces in the Far East]] (USAFFE) and gave way to the invading Japanese forces in Luzon in the northern Philippines. They were forced to surrender due to the lack of food and ammunition, leaving Corregidor and its adjacent islets at Manila Bay as the only areas in the region under U.S. control.

Between December 24, 1941, and February 19, 1942, Corregidor was the temporary location for the Government of the Philippines. On December 30, 1941, outside the Malinta Tunnel, [[Manuel L. Quezon]] and [[Sergio Osmeña]] were inaugurated respectively as president and vice-president of the [[Philippines Commonwealth]] for a second term. General [[Douglas MacArthur]] also used Corregidor as [[Allies of World War II|Allied]] headquarters until March 11, 1942. The Voice of Freedom, the radio station of USAFFE broadcast from Corregidor, aired the infamous announcement of the fall of [[Battle of Bataan|Bataan]]. In April 1942, one battalion of the [[4th Marine Regiment (United States)|Fourth Marines]] was sent to reinforce the island's beach defenses.

The [[Battle of Corregidor]] was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Philippines. The fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay were the remaining obstacle for the [[Japanese Fourteenth Area Army|14th Area Army]] of the Imperial Japanese Army led by Lieutenant General [[Masaharu Homma]]. American and Filipino soldiers on Corregidor and the neighboring islets held out against the Japanese to deny the use of Manila Bay, but the Imperial Japanese Army brought heavy artillery to the southern end of Bataan, and proceeded north to [[blockade]] Corregidor. [[Japan]]ese troops forced the surrender of the remaining American and Filipino forces on May 6, 1942, under the command of Lieutenant General [[Jonathan M. Wainwright (general)|Jonathan Wainwright]].

The [[Battle of Corregidor (1945)|battle for the recapture of Corregidor]] occurred from February 16 to 26, 1945, in which American and Filipino forces successfully recaptured the island fortress from the Japanese occupying forces.