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The Second Philippine Republic, officially the Republic of the Philippines [a] and also known as the Japanese-sponsored Philippine Republic, was a Japanese-backed government established on October 14, 1943, during the Japanese occupation of the islands until its dissolution on August 17, 1945. [2]
A Reckoning: Philippine Trials of Japanese War Criminals. University of Wisconsin Press. ISBN 9780299318604. Rottman, Gordon L. (2002). World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-military Study. Greenwood Publishing Group. ISBN 9780313313950. Sandler, Stanley (2001). World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780815318835.
The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the American, Filipino, Australian, and Mexican campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.
The Empire of Japan invaded the Philippines in December 1941 during World War II, [124] and the Second Philippine Republic was established as a puppet state governed by Jose P. Laurel. [125] [126] Beginning in 1942, the Japanese occupation of the Philippines was opposed by large-scale underground guerrilla activity.
The date inscribed in the oldest Philippine document ... World War 2), found at Mactan-Cebu ... Miguel López de Legazpi arrived from Mexico in 1565 and formed the ...
The Makabayang Katipunan ng mga Pilipino (Patriotic Association of Filipinos), better known as the Makapili, was a militant group formed in the Philippines on December 8, 1944, during World War II to give military aid to the Imperial Japanese Army. [1]
The Philippine Constabulary was placed on active service with the Philippine Commonwealth Army and re-established from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, during the Allied liberation and the post–World War II era. Fighting continued in remote corners of the Philippines until Japan's surrender in August 1945, which was signed on September 2 ...
The Fall of the Philippines. U.S. Army in World War II: The War in the Pacific. Washington, D.C.: United States Army Center of Military History. LCCN 53063678. CMH Pub 5-2. Archived from the original on 8 January 2012 – full text; Bailey, Jennifer L. (2003). Philippine Islands. The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II (brochure).