21847859 The Japanese Occupation In The Philippines
The Japanese Occupation in the Philippines
December 7, 1941 7:55 am - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941 6:30 am - Davao City was bombed (First area in the Philippines to be bombarded)
Next Tuguegarao, Baguio, Iba, Tarlac and Clark Field
December 9, 1941 Bombing of Manila
December 10, 1941 First Invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese
Aparri, Vigan, Legaspi, Davao, Lingayen, Atimonan and Mauban
Under the command of Lt. Masaharu Homma
Japan bombed Cavite, Nichols Field and Fort Mckinley
Captain Jesus Villamor – awarded Distinguished Service Cross by General MacArthur
Visayas attacked
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the transfer of valuable military supplies of the USAFFE to Corregidor and Bataan
President Quezon, with his family and War Cabinet moved to Corregidor- transfer of Commonwealth
Secretary Jorge Vargas and Justice Jose P. Laurel left in ManilaDecmber 23, 1941 War Plan Orange #3. – Withdrawal of all USAFFE to Bataan
Northern USAFFE – Gen. Jonathan Wainwright
Southern USAFFE – Gen. Albert Jones
December 31, 1941 - Proclamation of Manila as an “Open City”
January 2, 1942 – Japanese entered Manila February 20, 1942 Quezon with his family and the War Cabinet left Corregidor by submarine. Panay – Negros – Mindanao – Australia – United States
January 9, 1942 Fall of Bataan – Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright succeeded MacArthur from USAFFE (United States Armed Forces in the Far East) to USIP ( United States Forces in the Philippines)
Death March – 76000 USAFFE, 66000 Filipinos
Begins in Mariveles and Cabcaben APRIL 10, 1942, Limay-Balanga-Orani-Lubao (along San Fernando Road)
San Fernando to Capas, Tarlac – Prison Camp at Camp O’ Donnel – survivors 56,000. 5 days of walking
27,000 died in the camp
May 6, 1942 Fall of Corregidor- end of organized resistance against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines
Execution of Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos in Malabang Mindanao on May 2, 1942
The Beginning of the Japanese Occupation
December 7, 1941 7:55 am - The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor
December 8, 1941 6:30 am - Davao City was bombed (First area in the Philippines to be bombarded)
Next Tuguegarao, Baguio, Iba, Tarlac and Clark Field
December 9, 1941 Bombing of Manila
December 10, 1941 First Invasion of the Philippines by the Japanese
Aparri, Vigan, Legaspi, Davao, Lingayen, Atimonan and Mauban
Under the command of Lt. Masaharu Homma
Japan bombed Cavite, Nichols Field and Fort Mckinley
Captain Jesus Villamor – awarded Distinguished Service Cross by General MacArthur
Visayas attacked
General Douglas MacArthur ordered the transfer of valuable military supplies of the USAFFE to Corregidor and Bataan
President Quezon, with his family and War Cabinet moved to Corregidor- transfer of Commonwealth
Secretary Jorge Vargas and Justice Jose P. Laurel left in ManilaDecmber 23, 1941 War Plan Orange #3. – Withdrawal of all USAFFE to Bataan
Northern USAFFE – Gen. Jonathan Wainwright
Southern USAFFE – Gen. Albert Jones
December 31, 1941 - Proclamation of Manila as an “Open City”
January 2, 1942 – Japanese entered Manila February 20, 1942 Quezon with his family and the War Cabinet left Corregidor by submarine. Panay – Negros – Mindanao – Australia – United States
January 9, 1942 Fall of Bataan – Lt. Gen. Jonathan Wainwright succeeded MacArthur from USAFFE (United States Armed Forces in the Far East) to USIP ( United States Forces in the Philippines)
Death March – 76000 USAFFE, 66000 Filipinos
Begins in Mariveles and Cabcaben APRIL 10, 1942, Limay-Balanga-Orani-Lubao (along San Fernando Road)
San Fernando to Capas, Tarlac – Prison Camp at Camp O’ Donnel – survivors 56,000. 5 days of walking
27,000 died in the camp
May 6, 1942 Fall of Corregidor- end of organized resistance against the Japanese invasion of the Philippines
Execution of Chief Justice Jose Abad Santos in Malabang Mindanao on May 2, 1942
The Beginning of the Japanese Occupation