Japanese Occupation & WWII (1941–1945)
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Dec 8, 1941
Japan bombs PH (after Pearl Harbor)
Apr 9, 1942
Fall of Bataan; start of Bataan Death March (65 miles)
José P. Laurel
Puppet president under Japanese rule
Comfort Women
Women forced into sexual slavery by Japanese soldiers
Hukbalahap
Communist-led guerrilla group fighting Japanese
Oct 1944
Battle of Leyte Gulf; MacArthur returns; kamikaze pilots used
Feb 1945
Liberation of Manila; 100,000 civilians killed; city destroyed
Sep 2, 1945
Japan surrenders after Hiroshima & Nagasaki
Human Cost
1 million Filipinos killed (combat, massacres, disease, famine)
Economic Devastation
Mickey Mouse money, collapse of trade and agriculture
Political Changes
Puppet gov’t under Laurel, guerrilla groups gain influence
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