December 8, 1941 Japan invaded the Philippines.

December 12, 1941 As at Pearl Harbor, American aircraft were severely damaged in the initial Japanese attack.
Lacking air cover, the American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java on….

December 22, 1941 The Japanese forces landed at the Lingayen Gulf and continued on to Manila.

January 2, 1942 Manila was occupied by the Japanese

March 11, 1942 General Douglas MacArthur was ordered out, leaving his menat Corregidor on the night of…

April 9, 1942 fall of bataan

May 6, 1942 The 13,000 survivors on Corregidor surrendered on…

January 23, 1942 Philippine Executive Commission was established, with Vargas as chairman. the following was
appointed as department heads: Benigno Aquino, Sr., interior; Antonio de las Alas, finance; Jose P. Laurel, justice; Claro
M. Recto, education, health, and public welfare; and Quintin Paredes, public works and communication; Jose Yulo was
named Chief Justice of the Supreme court.

February 1942 Luis Taruc, Juan Feleo, Castro Alejandrino, and other leaders of organized farmers held a
meeting in Cabiao.

July 10, 1943 Against the will of the PCPI delegates the new Constitution was finalized

September 20 1943 the KALIBAPI- under the leadership of its director general, Benigno Aquino Sr. held a party
convention to elect 54 members of the National Assembly.

October 14 1943 The new republic was inaugurated on the front steps of the legislative building in Manila.
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September 21 1944 the bombings began, From Australia, Allied forces slowly advanced toward the Philippines,
bombing several Japanese strongholds until they regained control of areas previously occupied by the enemy

October 20, 1944 the Americans landed triumphantly in Leyte. Once a shore, General Douglas MacArthur said; "I
have Returned."

October 23 - October 26, 1944 the Americans engaged Japanese forces in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.

December 8, 1944 President Laurel and his cabinet moved to Baguio upon orders of Yamashita, who is also known
as the tiger of Malaya.

January 9, 1945 US liberation forces successfully docked at Lingayen Gulf

February 23, 1945 The Japanese in Manila would not give up easily. In fact, it took 3 weeks of intense
fighting before they finally surrendered.

July 4, 1945 MacArthur continued to liberate other parts of the country. And finally proclaim general
freedom from the Japanese

July 4, 1946
September 2, 1945 Fighting continued until Japan's formal surrender on…
 Imperial Japan occupied the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II.
 As at Pearl Harbor, American aircraft were severely damaged in the initial Japanese attack. Lacking air
cover, the American Asiatic Fleet in the Philippines withdrew to Java
 A highly effective guerilla campaign by Philippine resistance forces controlled sixty percent of the islands,
mostly jungle and mountain areas.
 Each of the Japanese military installations in the Philippines during the occupation had a location were the
women were held, which they called a "comfort station".[23] One such place where these women were
imprisoned is Bahay na Pula.[24]
 Several islands in the Visayas region had guerrilla forces led by Filipino officers, such as Colonel Macario
Peralta in Panay,[30][31] Major Ismael Ingeniero in Bohol,[30][32] and Captain Salvador Abcede in Negros.
 The island of Mindanao, being farthest from the center of Japanese occupation, had 38,000 guerrillas who
were eventually consolidated under the command of American civil engineer Colonel Wendell Fertig.
 Fertig's guerrillas included many American and Filipino troops who had been part of the force on Mindanao
under Major General William F. Sharp.
 The Japanese Imperial General Staff decided to make the Philippines their final line of defense, and to stop
the American advance towards Japan.
 The Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in disaster for the Japanese and was the biggest naval battle of World War II.
 Intelligence information gathered by the guerrillas averted a disaster—they revealed the plans of Japanese
General Yamashita to trap MacArthur's army, and they led the liberating soldiers to the Japanese
fortifications.
 Manila was declared an open city to prevent its destruction,[22] and it was occupied by the Japanese on
January 2, 1942.
 Meanwhile, battles against the Japanese continued on the Bataan Peninsula, Corregidor, and Leyte until the
final surrender of United States-Philippine forces in May 1942.
 The total distance marched from Mariveles to San Fernando and from the Capas Train Station to Camp
O'Donnell is variously reported by differing sources as between 60 and 69.6 miles (96.6 and 112.0 km).