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These are films set during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1945) in World War II, including those based on fact and fiction. Pages in category "Japanese occupation of the Philippines films"
The Battle of Hong Kong Honkon kōryaku: Eikoku kuzururu no hi (香港攻略 英国崩るゝの日) (Chinese: 香港攻略), also known as The Day England Fell, is the sole film made in Hong Kong during the Japanese occupation from 1941 to 1945. [2] The 1942 film was produced by the Japanese Dai Nippon Film Company, was directed by Shigeo ...
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.
In 1945, after the defeat of the Japanese Empire in World War II, Taiwan placed under the control of the Republic of China with the signing of the Japanese Instrument of Surrender. [9] The experience of Japanese rule, Kuomintang rule , and the February 28 Incident of 1947 continues to affect issues such as Retrocession Day , national and ethnic ...
By 1942, the Japanese Empire had launched offensives in Dutch East Indies, New Guinea, Singapore, Burma, Yunnan and India, the Solomons, Timor, Aleutian Islands, Christmas Island and the Andaman Islands. By the time World War II was in full swing, Japan had the most interest in using biological warfare. Japan's Air Force dropped massive amounts ...
The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ended in 1945, after Japan surrendered on 15 August 1945. [ 6 ] [ 56 ] [ 57 ] Hong Kong was handed over by the Imperial Japanese Army to the Royal Navy on 30 August 1945; British control over Hong Kong was thus restored. 30 August was declared as " Liberation Day " (Chinese: 重光紀念日 ), and was a ...
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.
The Battle of Ambon (30 January – 3 February 1942) occurred on Ambon Island in the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia), as part of the Japanese offensive on the Dutch colony during World War II. In the face of a combined defense by Dutch and Australian troops, Japanese forces conquered the island and its strategic airfield in several days.