Japanese Period

1. Philippine Literature
During Japanese Period
Between 1942 and 1945

2. Japanese Occupation in
the Philippines

3. On December 8, 1941 - Japan
invaded the Philippines. Clark Air Base
in Pampanga was first attacked and
also Nichols Field outside Manila was
attacked.
On December 22 - the
Japanese forces landed at the
Lingayen Gulf and continued on to
Manila.

5. Faces of Japanese Army Soldier

6. General Douglas MacArthur
Declared Manila an open city on the advice of commonwealth President Manuel L.
Quezon to avoid its destruction.
Manila was occupied by the Japanese on January 2, 1942.
General Douglas MacArthur
 MacArthur retreated with his troops to Bataan while the commonwealth government
withdrew to Corregidor island before proceeding to the United States.
 Escaped to Corregidor then proceeded to Australia.

7. April 9, 1942
The joint American and Filipino soldiers in Bataan finally surrendered
The 76,000 captured soldiers were forced to embark on the infamous "Death
March" to a prison camp more than 100 kilometers north. An estimated 10,000
prisoners died due to thirst, hunger and exhaustion.

8. In that meeting, they agreed to fight the Japanese as a unified Guerrilla army. Another
meeting was held the following month, where in representatives from Tarlac,
Pampanga and Nueva Ecija threshed out various details regarding their
organization, which they agreed to call "Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon"
or HUKBALAHAP.
Taruc was chosen to be the Leader of the group, with Alejandrino as his right hand
man. The members were simply known as Huks!