Japanese invasion of Jolo Island

Japanese invasion of Jolo Island
Part of Philippines Campaign (1941–42), Pacific War A map of Luzon Island showing Japanese landings and advances from 8 December 1941 to 8 January 1942.
Date 24 December 1941 Location Jolo, Philippines Result Japanese victory
Belligerents
Empire of Japan	Commonwealth of the Philippines

After Pearl Harbor, on 8 December 1941, Japan led a task force from Formosa, which was, at the time, under their control. From there, they proceeded to invade several small islands and towns in the Philippines

The invasion

Despite suffering slight setbacks from a bombing against their invasion force earlier in the week, the Japanese were able to easily capture Jolo. This final captured point set the Japanese in a perfect position to capture Borneo.^[1]

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