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On December 8, 1941 the
Philippines were attacked by Japan, 10 hours after Pearl Harbour had been attacked. Also in the Philippines the Americans were defeated entirely and the American Asiatic Fleet withdrew themselves to
Jawa in Indonesia. Manila fell on January 2, 1942. The almost three years lasting military predominance of Japan was extraordinarily violent and the Philippine population had suffered very
much. On October 20, 1944 general Mac. Arthur came to the Philippines and the country was reconquered from Leyte. The Japanese capitulation took place on September 2, 1945. More than 1 million Filipino's were killed. During the occupation there was a lot of resistance, the most important group was the Hukbalahap, a group with more than 30,000 warriors. |
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