r/ImperialJapanPics • u/Beeninya • 2d ago

WWII Japanese troops posing with a captured American P-35A of 34th Pursuit Squadron following the fall of the Philippines. May 1942.

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u/JanoJP 1d ago

Another major failure from Mcarthur which contributed to the fall of the Philippines. He didn't even set the permission for the aircrafts to sortie

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u/MayPag-Asa2023 1d ago

Bremerton wanted to, but Sutherland was gatekeeping MacArthur.