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Japanese occupation of the Philippines

Japanese Occupation of the Philippines
Part of the Pacific theater of World War II
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A Japanese soldier standing in front of an American propaganda poster during the occupation of the Philippines in 1943.
Date 8 May 1942 – 5 July 1945
Location Philippines
Result
Belligerents

 United States

 Empire of Japan

Hukbalahap
Unaffiliated Moro Muslim insurgents
Commanders and leaders
GA Douglas MacArthur
Pres. Manuel L. QuezonDied at Saranac Lake, New York
Pres. Sergio Osmeña
Maj Gen. Basilio J. Valdez
Pres. José P. Laurel

Chairman Luis Taruc


Units involved
Armed Forces

Second Philippine Republic

Hukbalahap fighters


Moro Juramentados

 United States

 Empire of Japan

Chairman Luis Taruc

Second Philippine Republic

Hukbalahap fighters

The Japanese occupation of the Philippines occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Empire of Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.

The invasion of the Philippines started on 8 December 1941, ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. As at Pearl Harbor, American aircraft were severely damaged in the initial Japanese attack. Lacking air cover, the American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java on 12 December 1941. General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out, leaving his men at Corregidor on the night of 11 March 1942 for Australia, 4,000 km away. The 76,000 starving and sick American and Filipino defenders on Bataan surrendered on 9 April 1942, and were forced to endure the infamous Bataan Death March on which 7,000–10,000 died or were murdered. The 13,000 survivors on Corregidor surrendered on 6 May.


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