Battle of Davao
| Battle of Davao | |||||||||
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| Part of Philippines Campaign, World War II | |||||||||
 US 24th Infantry Division march towards Davao |
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| Belligerents | |||||||||
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| Commanders and leaders | |||||||||
 Douglas MacArthur Robert L. Eichelberger Clarence A. Martin Roscoe B. Woodruff Wendell W. Fertig Basilio J. Valdes Federico G. Ubuza Armando Generoso Saturnino Silva |
 Gyosaku Morozumi Jiro Harada Muraji Kawazoe |
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| Units involved | |||||||||
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Local guerrilla units |
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| Strength | |||||||||
| 108,000 total 38,000 men |
50,000 men, shore batteries, artillery and suicide boats
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| Casualties and losses | |||||||||
| US: 350 dead, 1,615 wounded | 4,500 in Davao City, ~3,000 in Ising |
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| Thousands of civilians dead, wounded, missing and made homeless. | |||||||||
8th Army X Corps
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