Japanese Occupation in Philippines

JAPANESE OCCUPATION
IN PHILIPPINES
During the World War II
1941 (December 8)
Japan invaded the Philippines
-Pampanga
-Nichols Field
-Lingayen Gulf
-Manila
1941 (Dec. 25)
On the advice of commonwealth

president Manuel Quezon, Gen.
Douglas MacArthur declared Manila
an open city to avoid its destruction .
1942
January 2
- Japanese occupied Manila.
April 9
-US and Filipino defendants in Bataan
surrendered to the Japanese
 McArthur escaped to Corregidor

 76,000 captured soldiers were forced to
embarked on the Death March to a prison
camp more than 100 kilometers north.
 Less than 10,000 prisoners died due to
thirst, hunger and exhaustion.
The “Huks”
 Farmers of Pampanga banded together and
created local brigades for their protection.
-Luis Taruc
-Juan Felco
- Castro Alejandro
 Agreed to fight the Japanese as a unified

guerilla army.
The “Huks”
 They agreed to call their organization
HUkbo ng BAyan LAban sa mga HApon or
HUKBALAHAP
-Taruc was the leader
-Alejandro was his right hand
-Members were simply called Huks.
THE PHILIPPINE
EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
Chairperson: Jorge Vargas
Dept. Heads:
Interior: Benigno Aquino Sr.
Finance: Antonio dela Alas
Justice: Jose P. Laurel
Education, Health& Public Welfare
:Claro M. Recto
Public Works & Communication: Quintin Paredes
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court: Jose Yusto
THE PHILIPPINE EXECUTIVE COMMISSION
A new Constitution
- noticeably lacked a bill of rights
-contained 12 articles lifted from the 1935
constitution that fitted the wishes of the
Japanese
-was meant to be in effect only temporarily,
while the Philippines still in chaos.
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
September 20,1943 - the KALIBAPI held a

party convention
*to elect 54 members of the National Assembly
Assembly was actually made of 108 members but

half of this number was composed of incumbent
governors and city mayors)
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
Assembly was actually made of 108 members but

half of this number was composed of incumbent
governors and city mayors)
President: Jose P. Laurel

Vice President: Benigno Aquino Sr.
: Ramon Anancena
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
Inauguration
October 14,1943
On the front steps of the legislative building in

Manila
Philippine flag was hoisted as the national
anthem was played
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
Meanwhile...
-Japanese started using propaganda to gain the

trust and confidence of Filipinos who refused to
cooperate with them.
-Hung giant posters and distribute their
materials that contains such slogans as “the
Philippines belongs to the Philippines”
- also used newspapers, movies, and others to
publicize the same idea.
THE SECOND REPUBLIC
- also used newspapers, movies, and others to

publicize the same idea.
*Promoting Japanese propaganda was one of the

main objectives of the KALIBAPI, but still
Japanese failed to gain the trust of the Filipinos.
GEN. McARTHUR RETURNS
He returned on October
20,1944 at Leyte
“I have Returned”
October 23-26,1944
 Americans engaged Japanese forces in the

Battle of Leyte Gulf
 Almost destroyed hte entire Japaneses fleet
 Said to have signaled the beginning of
Philippine liberation from the Japanese.
Mid-December
 American soldiers had reached Mindoro

 Japanese secured other aea
January 9,1945
 US liberation forces successfully docked at

Lingayen Gulf.
 Lt. Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, supreme
commander of the Japanese troops in
Manila, mobilize his Kamikazes but they
failed to stop Americans.
Deceber 8,1944
 President Laurel and his cabinet moved to

Baguio upon orders of Yamashita
 Japanese forces retreated to Yamashita line

a jungle battlefront stretching along the
Sierra Madre Mountains from Antipolo, Rizal
to Appari, Cagayan.
 It took 3 weeks of intense fighting before
Japanese finally surrendered on February
23,1945.
 Gen. McArthur continued to liberate other

parts of the country.
 Proclaim general freedom from the Japanese

on July 4,1945

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JAPANESE OCCUPATION

Japan invaded the Philippines

1941 (Dec. 25)

On the advice of commonwealth

 McArthur escaped to Corregidor

 Agreed to fight the Japanese as a unified

September 20,1943 - the KALIBAPI held a

*to elect 54 members of the National Assembly

Assembly was actually made of 108 members but

Assembly was actually made of 108 members but

President: Jose P. Laurel

On the front steps of the legislative building in

-Japanese started using propaganda to gain the

- also used newspapers, movies, and others to

*Promoting Japanese propaganda was one of the

 Americans engaged Japanese forces in the

 American soldiers had reached Mindoro

 US liberation forces successfully docked at

 President Laurel and his cabinet moved to

 Japanese forces retreated to Yamashita line

 Gen. McArthur continued to liberate other

 Proclaim general freedom from the Japanese

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