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During the Japanese occupation of the islands in World War II, there was an extensive Philippine resistance movement (Filipino: Kilusan ng Paglaban sa Pilipinas), which opposed the Japanese and their collaborators with active underground and guerrilla activity that increased over the years.
Nieves Fernandez (born circa 1906) was a Filipino guerrilla leader in Tacloban City, during World War II. [2] [3]Before the war, Fernandez worked as a school teacher. When the Imperial Japanese began occupying the Philippine Islands, including her hometown of Tacloban, Fernandez organized a resistance movement that numbered around 110 fighters. [4]
As the Japanese-sponsored Second Philippine Republic was established on October 14, 1943, with the Declaration of Independence by Pres. Jose P. Laurel, Prime Minister Hideki Tojo expected the Philippine leadership to openly side with Japan with a declaration of war against the United States and Great Britain.
Manila during the Japanese occupation. The Japanese occupation of the Philippines (Filipino: Pananakop ng mga Hapones sa Pilipinas; Japanese: 日本のフィリピン占領, romanized: Nihon no Firipin Senryō) occurred between 1942 and 1945, when the Japanese Empire occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
World War II Philippine resistance members (9 P) Pages in category "Philippine resistance against Japan" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
United States of America (during World War II recapture of the Philippines) Opponents Empire of Japan (during World War II occupation) Second Philippine Republic (1943–1945) Government of the Philippines: Battles and wars: Philippine resistance against Japan during World War II and Hukbalahap rebellion
During the Japanese occupation of the Philippines, the Hukbalahap created a resistance army consisting largely of peasant farmers against the Japanese forces in Central Luzon. The Huk Resistance, as it became popularly known, created a stronghold against the Japanese in the villages through guerrilla warfare. During this time, the area was ...
The Second Sino-Japanese War broke out in mainland China in 1937 following the Marco Polo Bridge incident which caused the worsening of anti-Japanese sentiment in the region including among the ethnic Chinese community in the Philippines. The war later became part of the larger World War II and the Japanese began to occupy the Philippines in ...