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1. THE WAR IN THE
PACIFIC

2. • On December 7,1941. Hawaiian time,
Japanese bombers attacked the American
fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
• “Yesterday, December 7,1941… the United
States was suddenly and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan”

3. THE OCCUPATION OF
MANILA

4. • The Japanese naval, military, and air
forces took the offensive against the
United States, Britain , and Holland.
• Their colonies in Asia were attacked-the
Philippines, Malaya ,and Indonesia.
• The Japanese continued bombing it,
resulting in the destruction of
properties and buildings like the Old
Santo Domingo Church.

5. SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH

6. • On January 2 the Japanese forces
entered and occupied Manila.

7. THE FALL OF BATAAN
AND CORREGIDOR

8. • Quezon was very sick when the war
broke out. His illness became serious
when he learned that thousands of
Filipinos died as a result of Japanese
bombing in the Bataan and other
places.
• In Corregidor, on December 30,
Quezon took his oath of office to
mark the beginning of his second
term as President of Commonwealth.

9. • With Manila and other parts of
Luzon in the hands of the Japanese,
Bataan and Corregidor, under the
command of General MacArthur,
began to take heavy beating from
the enemy.
• Realizing that Bataan would soon fall,
President Roosevelt ordered Quezon
to be transferred to Australia.
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10. • In March, he also ordered MacArhtur
to fly to Australia, from where he
would direct military operations
against Japan.
• Having suffered not only from
hunger and diseases but also from
enemy bombs and cannon fire, the
American commander in Bataan
surrendered on April 9, 1942.

12. • The Japanese were now free to
devote their entire offensive against
Corregidor.
• This tiny island suffered from the
almost ceaseless bombing attacks of
the enemy and on May 6, General
Jonathan Wainwright, surrendered
the Philippines for the Japanese.