LET’S TALK

ABOUT
World War II
and the
Japanese
Occupation
Geneveb A. Guvan
BSED-SCI 1A
 Declaration of War
• December 8, 1941 - President Roosevelt with the approval of
the US Congress & Prime Minister Winston Churchill with the
approval of the British Parliament declared war against Japan.
• December 11, 1941
Roosevelt - Germany and Italy declared war against the United States.
- US therefore declared war on Germany and Italy on the same
day.
• These declarations commenced World War II.

Churchill
 From Pearl Harbor to the
Bombing of the Philippines
• Japanese pilots rerouted their targets from Pearl Harbor to the
Philippine territory.
• Bombs were dropped in Mindanao particularly Davao City.
• December 8, 1941 - President Roosevelt declared a war against
Japan. Other places of the archipelago were also bombed:
- Tuguegarao - Tarlac - Nichols Field near
- Baguio - Clark Field in Pampanga Manila
- Iba (Zambales) - Cavite Naval Base
 Japanese
Bombings
December 8, 1941
• 11:30 AM - Clark Air Field
• 11:45 AM - Nichols Air Field
• 12:30 AM - Iba Air Field

December 9, 1941
• 3:00 PM - Nielsen Air Field

December 10, 1941

• 11:15 AM - Del Carmen Air Field
• 12:00 AM - Lipa Air Field
 From Pearl Harbor to the
Bombing of the Philippines
• Japanese forces had devastated Clark Field, destroying 66 P-40
fighter planes and 14 of the 17B-17 bomber planes.

• Sunrise of Thursday | December 9, 1941 - residents of Manila

witnessed the real war.
 Invasion of Japan
• December 10, 1941 - first wave of Japanese invading forces
landed in Aparri and Vigan, north of Luzon.
• December 12, 1941
- More forces arrived heeding for Legaspi, South of Luzon.
- Japanese forces landed in Lingayen.
• December 22, 1941
- Japanese forces landed in Atimonan and Mauban. Homma
Homma with 43,000
- Main Japanese invasion forces led by Masaharu Homma
Japanese Imperial
landed in Lingayen Gulf and started marching south Forces landed in
toward Manila. Lingayen Gulf.
 Invasion of Japan
• The Japanese forces dominated the land, air and water
• December 23, 1941 - General MacArthur put into effect the
secret military plan, WPO (War Plan Orange-3).
• December 24, 1941 - Gen. Douglas MacArthur retreated all the
USAFFE (U. S Armed Forces in the Far East) American & Filipino
forces along with Pres. Quezon and his cabinet into Bataan
Peninsula to avoid capture by the Japanese. MacArthur
• December 26, 1941 - Manila was declared as an open city. The defending
• December 30, 1941 - 2nd inaugural ceremonies of the Philippine and United
States troops were
Commonwealth was held. under the command of
• January 2, 1942 - Japanese invaders entered Manila. General MacArthur.
 Manila as
"open city"
 Surrender of Bataan
• February 20, 1943 - Quezon and company left Corregidor by
submarine.
• March 11, 1942 - General MacArthur left Corregidor and reached
Mindanao where he took the plane bound for Australia.
• March 17, 1942
Wainwright
- “I came through and I shall return.”
- General Jonathan Wainwright was appointed commander of
USAFFE.
• April 9, 1942 - Major General Edward King, commander of the
forces of Bataan, surrendered to stop the slaughter of his helpless
men. King
 Death March
• April 9, 1942 - the Japanese assembled about 76,000 prisoners of
war (10,000 Americans and 66,000 Filipinos) for a non-stop march
for 6 days from Mariveles, Bataan to San Fernando, Pampanga.
• Those who could not continue or keep up were shot down or
bayoneted.
• April 15, 1942 - survivors were taken to Camp O'Donnel in Capas,
Tarlac where many more died of starvation and disease (left 50,000
survivors)
Death March
Route