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In 1939–1940, the Philippine Constitution was amended to restore a bicameral Congress, and permit the re-election of President Quezon, previously restricted to a single, six-year term. From 1940 to 1941, Philippine authorities, with the support of American officials, removed from office several mayors in Pampanga who were in favor of land reform.
On September 27, 1940, Nazi Germany, Kingdom of Italy, and Empire of Japan had allied under the Tripartite Coalition as the Axis powers. The United States banned the shipment of aviation gasoline to Japan in July 1940, and by 1941 shipments of scrap iron, steel, gasoline and other materials had practically ceased. Meanwhile, American economic ...
Pages in category "1940s in the Philippines" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Military history of the Philippines during World War II;
December 8 – Start of the Japanese Invasion of the Philippines. December 20 – President Quezon, his family and the war cabinet move to Corregidor Island. December 26 – General MacArthur declares Manila an open city. December 28 – Filipino and US armies retreat to Bataan. December 30 – Manuel Quezon takes his oath of Office at the ...
People belonging to the species Homo erectus set foot on the Philippines. 250,000 Human habitation is said to be began. [2] [clarification needed] 55,000 The first Homo sapiens in the Philippines. [citation needed] 50,000 Early humans made stone tools in the Tabon Caves in Palawan. 40,000 Negritos start to settle. [2] [clarification needed] [3 ...
Wounded Japanese troops surrender to US and Filipino soldiers in Manila, 1945. The military history of the Philippines is characterized by wars between Philippine kingdoms [1] and its neighbors in the precolonial era and then a period of struggle against colonial powers such as Spain and the United States, occupation by the Empire of Japan during World War II and participation in Asian ...
One resistance group in the Central Luzon area was known as the Hukbalahap (Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa Hapon), or the People's Anti-Japanese Army, organized in early 1942 under the leadership of Luis Taruc, a communist party member since 1939. The Huks armed some 30,000 people and extended their control over portions of Luzon. [57]
The Philippines campaign (Filipino: Kampanya sa Pilipinas, Spanish: Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, Japanese: フィリピンの戦い, romanized: Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines (Filipino: Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fall of the Philippines, was the invasion of the United States territory of the Philippines by the Empire of Japan during the ...