battle, interwar and Second World War

Japanese invasion of Zamboanga

Name: Japanese invasion of Zamboanga
Location: Zamboanga, Philippines

Japanese invasion of Zamboanga was a battle fought in 1942 at Zamboanga, in what is now Philippines. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Zamboanga. It was part of Q1648564. The recorded result: Japanese victory; Japan firmly controls the island of Mindanao until its capitulation. Recorded strength: 1,000 Troops; 200 PC against 220 Naval Infantrymen; 1 Light Cruiser; 1 Torpedo Boat; 2 Gunboats; 2 Subchaser Boat; 7 Seaplanes.

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Fought1942

WhereZamboanga, Philippines6.904N, 122.076E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeJapanese victory; Japan firmly controls the island of Mindanao until its capitulation

BelligerentsUnited States of America; Commonwealth of the PhilippinesagainstEmpire of Japan

Part ofQ1648564

Where it sits in Q1648564

9 placed engagements of Q1648564 in time order; taller ticks are more widely documented. Each tick is a link.

Record

Date	1942 (year precision)
Place	Zamboanga, Philippines 6.904N, 122.076E
Kind	Battle, interwar and Second World War
Territorial change	Port city of Zamboanga fell to the Japanese
Strength	1,000 Troops; 200 PC	220 Naval Infantrymen; 1 Light Cruiser; 1 Torpedo Boat; 2 Gunboats; 2 Subchaser Boat; 7 Seaplanes

Placed at Zamboanga; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Zamboanga 1898, 1.6 km NE
Camp Cawa-Cawa Siege 1989, 2.0 km N
Battle of Maguindanao 1945, 247 km E
Battle of Mindanao 1945, 345 km E
Battle of Six Seven 1521, 435 km NE

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Java Sea 27 February 1942

Elsewhere in 1942

Japanese invasion of Zamboanga is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Philippines.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q125565186, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Japanese invasion of Zamboanga, revision 1370624900, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.