japanese period ii
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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
c
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
Social Conditio
n
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