Philippines During Japanese Occupation
Philippines During Japanese Occupation
Philippines During Japanese Occupation
Japanese
Occupation
The Huks
farmers of Pampanga banded together and
created local brigades for their protection
-Luis Taruc
-Juan Feleo
-Castro Alejandrino
The Huks
They agreed to call their organization
Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon or
HUKBALAHAP.
- Taruc was the leader
- Alejandrino was his right hand
- Members were simply called
Huks.
The Philippine
Executive
Commission
Established on
January 23, 1942
The
Second Republic
-President:
Jose P. Laurel
mayors)
publicize
Gen. MacArthur
Returns
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
sources
http://www.philippine-history.org/japanese
-occupation.htm
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~aefrazie/world
%20politics116/history_occupation/japane
se/japanese_occupation.htm