United States of America Bradford Chynoweth Albert F. Christie Franklin Fliniau James Bickerton Lyle J. Fritzpatrick Ground units: Japanese Fourteenth Army Kawamura Detachment Aerial units: Ground units: Philippine Commonwealth Army Philippine Constabulary 4,106 Japanese Troops 4 Cruisers 7,000 Filipino and American Troops Japanese invasion of Panay (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa isla ng Panay, Hiligaynon: Pagsulong sang mga Hapon sa Panay) on April 16–18, 1942 was the second landing in the Visayas Islands after Fil-American forces surrendered in Bataan on April 9, 1942.

[1] After the surrender of Luzon Force in Bataan, Imperial Japanese 14th Army has sent two detachments to sieged the Visayas Islands that can be made bases for the invasion of Mindanao.

[2] The Panay Force is now waving guerilla warfare doing ambuscades to small Japanese units and raiding Iloilo at night to destroy supplies.

[2] On April 15, 1942 Major General Kawamura received an order to proceed to Macajalar Bay in Cagayan de Oro, Misamis Oriental.

Despite his protest and inquiries he was forced to surrender when General Sharp's emissary Lieutenant Colonel Allen Thayer arrived to enforce the order.