United States Japan Sixth Army[2][8][9][10] United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon[2] Fourteenth Area Army[2] Luzon Mindanao Naval operations The Battle of Baguio (Filipino: Labanan sa Baguio; Ilocano: Gubat ti Baguio) occurred between 21 February and 26 April 1945 and was part of the greater Luzon campaign during the Allied liberation of the Philippines at the end of World War II.

[14] General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the commander of the Japanese Fourteenth Area Army, transferred his headquarters to Baguio in December 1944, planning to fight a delaying action against the Americans to give time for Japan to defend itself.

[7] Between March 4 and 10, United States Fifth Air Force planes dropped 933 tons of bombs and 1,185 gallons of napalm on Baguio, reducing much of the city to rubble.

[20] Among them were five cabinet members of the Second Republic; Brigadier General Manuel Roxas was "freed",[20] the other four were captured as collaborators.

[2] Yamashita, along with 50,500 men of the Shobu Group, held out against the American advance in northern Luzon until 15 August 1945.