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{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2012}}
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{{Infobox Military Conflict
|conflict=Raid at Cabanatuan
|image=[[File:POWs celebrate.jpg|300px|alt=A couple hundred men are all facing the camera, smiling and cheering. Many have their hands raised. The men are wearing uniforms, t-shirts, and shorts. Huts and trees can be seen in the background.]]
|caption=Former Cabanatuan POWs in celebration, January&nbsp;30, 1945
(contracted; show full) II|Allied forces]] in their fight against the [[Axis powers]]. American forces led by General [[Douglas MacArthur]], already stationed in the Philippines as a deterrent against a Japanese invasion of the islands, were [[Philippines Campaign (1941–1942)|attacked by the Japanese]] hours after Pearl Harbor. On March&nbsp;12, 1942, General MacArthur and a few select officers, on the orders of President [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]], left the American forces, promising to return with reinforcements. The 72,000
&nbsp;American and soldiers of the USAFFE<ref>United States Armed Forces in the Far East, composed of the highly-trained U.S. Army Philippino soldierse Scouts and the inadequately-trained Philippine Army</ref>, fighting with outdated weapons, lacking supplies, and stricken with disease and malnourishment, eventually surrendered to the Japanese on April 9, 1942.<ref name="Breuer 31">{{harvnb|Breuer|1994|p=31}}</ref>

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[[ar:اقتحام كاباناتوان]]
[[es:El gran rescate]]
[[fr:Raid de Cabanatuan]]
[[ru:Рейд на Кабанатуан]]
[[vi:Cuộc đột kích Cabanatuan]]
[[zh:卡巴那图营救]]
[[he:הפשיטה על מחנה השבויים בקבנטואן]]