For Pride's Sake

General Yamashita's plans for the defense of northern Luzon included fighting withdrawals and a gradual retreat to the mountains and the Cagayan valley. Needing to move the 2nd Tank Division -- his main mobile reserve -- and pestered by subordinate generals to go on the offensive, against his better …

1945-01-16

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General Yamashita's plans for the defense of northern Luzon included fighting withdrawals and a gradual retreat to the mountains and the Cagayan valley. Needing to move the 2nd Tank Division -- his main mobile reserve -- and pestered by subordinate generals to go on the offensive, against his better judgment Yamashita authorized an attack. Shortly before midnight on the 16th, elements of the Shigemi Detachment moved towards barrio Potpot and the outposts of the 103rd Infantry Regiment.

Santa Maria, Luzon

The Battle of Luzon, was a land battle of the Pacific Theater of Operations of World War II by the Allied forces of the U.S., its colony the Philippines, and allies against forces of the Empire of Japan. The battle resulted in a U.S. and Filipino victory. The Allies had taken control of all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon by March 1945, although pockets of Japanese resistance held out in the mountains until the unconditional surrender of Japan. While not the highest in U.S. casualties, it is the highest net casualty battle U.S. forces fought in World War II, with 192,000 to 205,000 Japanese combatants dead, 8,000 American combatants killed, and over 150,000 Filipinos, overwhelmingly civilians who were murdered by Japanese forces, mainly during the Manila massacre of February, 1945.

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Scenario Type = Standard