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Philippines DuringJapanese

Occupation

Kate S. MagpocFurness Geza R. Ancheta

During World War II

• 1941 (Dec. 8) – Japan invaded the Philippines

-Pampanga

-Nichols Field-Lingayen Gulf-Manila

During World War II

• 1941 (Dec. 25) Gen. Douglas MacArthur declared Manila an open city.

During World War II

• 1942 (Jan. 2) –Japanese occupied Manila.

• 1942 (April 9) – US and Filipino defendants in Bataan surrendered to the Japanese.

Death March

Guerilla Army

Five Mortal enemies of Filipino

1. Japanese Military2. Diseases3. The guerillas4. Hunger5. Japanese paid Filipino spies

The PhilippineExecutive

CommissionEstablished on

January 23, 1942

The Philippine Executive Comission

• 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

TheSecond Republi

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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)

-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 belong to the Filipinos."

-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.

Economic

Condition

Alternative food Production

Japanese Money

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Gen. MacArthur

Returns

Gen. MacArthur Returns

• Oct. 23 - 26, 1944 -Americans engaged Japanese forces in

the Battle of Leyte Gulf -almost destroyed the entire Japanese

fleet -said to have signaled the beginning of

Philippine liberation from the Japanese

Gen. MacArthur Returns

• mid-December-American soldiers had reached

Mindoro-Japanese secured other area

• 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

Gen. MacArthur Returns

• December 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.

Gen. MacArthur Returns

• it took 3 weeks of intense fighting before Japanese finally surrendered on February 23,1945

• Gen. MacArthur continued to liberate other parts of the country

• proclaim general freedom from the Japanese on July 4, 1945. 

Economic condition under Japan

The Japanese controlled the prices of commodities including the distribution of rice and other cereals as well as the manufacturing of tobacco.

sources

http://www.philippine-history.org/japanese-occupation.htm

http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~aefrazie/world%20politics116/history_occupation/japanese/japanese_occupation.htm