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Manila during the Japanese occupation. 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.
Alejandro G. Abadilla (March 10, 1906 – August 26, 1969), commonly known as AGA, was a Filipino poet, essayist, and fiction writer.Critic Pedro Ricarte referred to Abadilla as the father of modern Philippine poetry, and was known for challenging established forms and literature's "excessive romanticism and emphasis on rhyme and meter". [1]
[5]: 30 As early as 1941, Juan Feleo, a well-known peasant leader and member of the Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas (PKP), had begun to mobilize peasants in his home province of Nueva Ecija for the conflict. Pedro Abad Santos, The founding member of the Socialist Party of the Philippines, had also ordered Luis Taruc to mobilize forces in Pampanga.
The Philippine Executive Commission (PEC; Tagalog: Komisyong Tagapagpaganap ng Pilipinas) [1] was a puppet government set up to govern the Philippine archipelago during World War II. It was established with sanction from the occupying Imperial Japanese forces as an interim governing body prior to the establishment of the Japanese-backed, Second ...
Muog: Ang Naratibo ng Kanayunan sa Matagalang Digmang Bayan sa Pilipinas (Quezon City: UP Press, 1998). Azucarera: Mga Tula sa Pilipino at Ingles (Quezon City: Publikasyong Sipat, 1994). Ang Panitikan ng Pambansang Demokrasya (The Literature of National Democracy) (Manila: Kalikasan Press, 1990).
The Japanese Invasion of Aparri (Filipino: Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Aparri, Ilocano: Panagraut dagiti Hapon iti Aparri) on 10 December, 1941, was one in a series of advance landings made by Imperial Japanese forces as a first step in their invasion of the Philippines. The purpose was to obtain control of local air strips, which could be used ...
Luis M. Taruc Freedom Park in San Luis, Pampanga in Barangay San Sebastian, beside Barangay Santa Cruz Poblacion along the Baliuag-Candaba-San Luis Provincial Road. Luis Mangalus Taruc (Tagalog pronunciation: [luˈis tɐˈɾuk]; June 21, 1913 – May 4, 2005) was a Filipino political figure and rebel during the agrarian unrest of the 1930s until the end of the Cold War.
The Hukbalahap rebellion was a rebellion staged in the Philippines by former Hukbalahap or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (lit. ' People's Anti-Japanese Army ') soldiers against the Philippine government. It started in 1946 after the independence of the Philippines from the United States, and ended in 1954 under the presidency of Ramon Magsaysay.