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Battle of Baguio (1945)

Capture of Baguio
Part of World War II and the Allied Liberation of the Philippines
Date 21 February – 26 April 1945
Location Baguio City, Luzon, Philippines
Result Allied victory
Territorial
changes
Allied forces liberate Baguio from Japanese occupiers
Belligerents

 United States

 Japan

Commanders and leaders
General Walter Krueger
Major General Innis P. Swift
Major General Percy W. Clarkson
Major General Robert S. Beightler
Colonel Russell W. Volckmann
General Tomoyuki Yamashita
Lieutenant General Fukutaro Nishiyama
Major General Noakata Utsunomiya
Major General Bunzo Sato
Units involved

 United States Army

United States Commonwealth of the Philippines United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon

  • 11th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP-NL
  • 66th Infantry Regiment, USAFIP-NL

 Imperial Japanese Army

Casualties and losses
Over 2,000 killed

 United States

 Japan

 United States Army

United States Commonwealth of the Philippines United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon


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