The Hukbong Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon, also known as "Huks", was a Communist guerilla group formed on March 29, 1942 in the Philippines to fight against the Japanese occupation during World War II. It was led by Luis Taruc and later evolved into an insurgency against the postwar administration of Manuel Roxas, carrying out attacks, raids, and ambushes. The Huks' surrender in 1954 after a large military operation marked the decline of the Communist insurgency in the Philippines.

1. Hukbong Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon

2.  The military arm of the Communist Party of
the Philippines to fight the Japanese
Empires’s occupation of the Philippines
during World War II.
 English term: “Peoples Army Against the
Japanese”
 The group commonly known as “Huks”.

3.  Date formed: March 29, 1942
 Setting: Sitio Bawit, Barrio San Julian,
Cabiao, Nueva Ecija
 Military Committee (Leaders)
 Luis Taruc (chairman)
 Castro Alejandro (2nd in command)
 Bernardo Poblete (Banal)
 Felepa Culala (Dayang - Dayang)

4. MANUEL ROXAS
 Whom the Huks accusedof having a
collaborator, would run for the
presidency
 Instituted a campaign against the Huks

5.  A Communist insurgency that began after
World War II.
 Fought against the Roxas Administration

6.  Hukbalahap members ambushed and
murdered Aurora Quezon
 This attack brought worldwide
condemnation of the Hukbalahaps, who
claimed that the attack was done by
renegade members

7.  Huk leaders adopt a new name, “ Hukbong
Mapaglaya ng Bayan” or the “ Peoples
Liberation Army’s”
 Raids, hold-ups, robbery, ambushes, murder, rape,
masacre of small vellages, kidnaping and intimidation

8.  Special forces whose main mission was to
eliminate the Huks
 Commanded by Major Napoleon Valeriano

9.  Panay Task Force under the command of
Colonel Alfredo M. Santos
 Conducted surprise attack on Guilermo
Capadocia, commander of the Huk Regional
command in Visayas, erstwhile Secretary
General and one of the founders of the PKP

10.  Largest anti Huk operation
 resulted in the surrender of Luis Taruc on
May 17