Answer:
Explanation:
The question is about World War II in the Pacific theater. Japan began by a sneak attack of the US Navy Base in Pearl Harbor. At the same time, it launched attacks on other island bases in the Pacific Ocean.
Defense of the Philippines was part of the Allied's South West Pacific theater and the forces were commanded by U.S. General Douglas MacArthur.
Japan's operation objectives were to expand its territories by taking control part of China and to gain access to resources such as the Dutch Indonesia to get its oil and British Malaya to control its rubber.
