The Japanese Occupation

4THE

JAPANESE OCCUPATION

Japanese Invasion•Germany invades

Poland World War

II in Europe

begins.

• Mac Arthur

prepares the

defense of the

Philippines

• Japanese attack

Pearl Harbor in

December 1941.

Japanese Invasion

Japanese Invasion

•Japan had

limited resources

• Japan invaded

China and

Manchuria in

1931.

• Japan allied

themselves with

Germany and

Italy

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Japan Attacks Pearl Harbor

Japanese Invasion•Japan attacks

the Philippines.

•Manila was

declared as an

Open City.

• Mac Arthur

escapes to

Australia

• Filipino and

American troops

retreat to Bataan

Retreat to Corregidor•Filipino troops

retreat to Bataan

peninsula.

• Mac Arthur and

Quezon escapes

to Australia

• Japanese launch

an all out

offensive on the

small island of

Corregidor.

Retreat to Corregidor•Filipino and

American troops

surrender on April

9 1942.

• 10,000 prisoners

of war were

forced to march

to camps at

Capas Tarlac

(Bataan Death

March)

Defense of Corregidor

Defense of Corregidor

Defense of Corregidor

Defense of Corregidor

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March

Bataan Death March

Japanese Occupation•Remaining

Filipino and

American soldiers

resisted.

• Corregidor falls

on May 6 1942.

• Japanese

military

occupation

begins.

Japanese Occupation•KALIBAPI was

established.

Kapisanan sa

paglilingkod sa

Bagong Pilipinas

• Jose P. Laurel was

elected as

President.

• Philippine National

Assembly

represented

provinces

Mac Arthur Returns• Mac Arthur landed

on Leyte on October

20,1944.

• After 10 months of

fighting the

Japanese were

finally driven out in

1945

• Manila was

devastated because

of the bitter fighting.

Cost of Liberation• Americans lost

60,628 men.

• Japanese lost

300,000 men

• Filipinos lost 1

million men and

women.

• Commonwealth

was restored with

Sergio Osmeňa as

president

Cost of the Liberation

Cost of the Liberation

Cost of the Liberation

Cost of the Liberation

Filipino Resistance Movement

• 260,000 Filipinos

joined the Guerilla

movement

• Hukbo ng Bayan

Laban sa Hapon was

established.

HUKBALAHAP.

• HUKs turn against

the Americans.

Promise of Independence

• On July 4 1946 the

Philippine was

granted

Independence.

• Bell Trade Act was

passed

• US still has access

to Philippine

resources.

• US bases still

remain in the

Philippines.

Sources:

Cawagas, Virgina, and Swee-Hin Toh. Our Nation Our World 5. 2nd ed. Quezon City: Sibs Publishing House, 2014. 1-396

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