Talk:Battle of the Philippines (1941–42)

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Contents 1 P-40s 2 FEAF controversy 3 Japanese caution 4 P-40s again 5 Name 6 MacArthur 7 numbers. 8 Jesus Villamor and Cesar Basa

[edit] P-40s

I question there were 107 in the Philippines. There were also a number of obsolescent P-36s which seem to have been counted; Caidin's 'Ragged, Rugged Warriors' puts the number of '40s at 72 (54 Es, 18 Bs), the balance P-36s.

[edit] FEAF controversy

This is massively understated. MacArthur had 8.5 HOURS warning (hearing when the attack went into Hawaii), and express orders from DC to "Execute Rainbow Five"--attack, because the country was at war. He did nothing. It has been suggested (in "Ragged, Rugged Warriors" and "Pacific Sweep", I think) Sutherland intercepted Brereton's requests to MacArthur. Why Brereton did not disperse his aircraft on his own authority is not clear to me. (I also question the number of P-40s credited, mentioned elsewhere as 54/18:72). --K D Faber

[edit] Japanese caution

I would suggest Homma's caution was more due to the fact MacArthur actually outnumbered him. (Just don't ask me for my source.) --K D Faber

[edit] P-40s again

I would give credit to the fighter commander, a Col Harold "Fighter" George (so named to distinguish him from Harold "Bomber" George, who had a different middle initial...) --k d faber

[edit] Name

I would like to rename this article to Battle of the Philippines (World War II). That would fall more in line with the current naming scheme for the war and be less ambigious (at first I thought there might be multiple battles at this place during the war).

There were, that's why the present name workes better. See Battle of Leyte. Grant65 (Talk) 15:20, 27 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] MacArthur

I believe something about MacArthur's return to the Philippines (in which he retook it) after the attack on Pearl Harbor needs to be added. Please correct me if I am mistaken, or if this is already a page. RcSamuraihahaha

Good point, I will address this. Grant65 | Talk 08:01, 28 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] numbers.

The battle of the Philippines have less casualtie numbers from both sides than the Battle of Battan and corregidor together. Can someone explain me this.

Another point, most of FEAF planes destroyed by the Japanesse raids were bombers not fighters.

[edit] Jesus Villamor and Cesar Basa

Do Jesus Villamor and Cesar Basa deserve a mention in this article? Jesus was a clearing house of information that helped liberate the Philippines and had a direct chain of communication with Gen. MacArthur at the time, and Cesar Basa was the first Filipino casualty of World War II, and both of them are Philippine Air Force heroes. (See the respective Wikipedia articles for more details.)

Eustachius 06:26, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

I changed the wording on some of the sentences to make them sound better. Feel free to change some of them back if they arent correct. Just trying to help this article. -WVU-DOHFAST 03:28, 1 December 2006 (UTC)