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The Hukbalahap rebellion was a rebellion staged by former Hukbalahap or Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (lit. ' People's Anti-Japanese Army ' ) soldiers against the Philippine government. It started in 1942 during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines , continued during the presidency of Manuel Roxas , and ended in 1954 under the presidency ...
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 Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon (lit. ' People's Anti-Japanese Army ' ), better known by the acronym Hukbalahap , was a Filipino communist guerrilla movement formed by the farmers of Central Luzon .
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 attack on Pearl Harbor (called Hawaii Operation or Operation AI [19] [20] by the Japanese Imperial General Headquarters) was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941 (December 8 in Japan and the Philippines).
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KALIBAPI – Kapisanan sa Paglilingkod sa Bagong Pilipinas (Tagalog for the "Association for Service to the New Philippines") – was formed by Proclamation No. 109 of the Philippine Executive Commission, a piece of legislation passed on December 8, 1942, banning all existing political parties and creating the new governing alliance.
Filipina Comfort Women was a statue publicly displayed along Baywalk, Roxas Boulevard in Manila.Unveiled on December 8, 2017 and installed through the National Historical Commission of the Philippines (NHCP) and other donors and foundations, it was dedicated to the Filipino "comfort women", who worked in military brothels in World War II including those who were coerced into doing so.