Corregidor held out for almost a month after Bataan fell, but surrounded by the enemy and subjected to continuous attacks, it eventually capitulated when the Japanese invaded the island fortress. After much heavy fighting, Gen. Jonathan Wainwright, commanding the forces in Corregidor and its three other island forts, surrendered to the Japanese. The Japanese, however, refused to accept just the surrender of filipino-American troops in the whole Philippines. With no choice, General Wainwright had to order the other commanders in the Philippines to surrender on 7 may 1942. The defense of Bataan and Corregidor, however, proved to the whole world that the Filipinos could fight vigorously for the defense of their country, although hampered by the lack of food, medicines and armaments.