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Liberation, History I
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Liberation of the Philippines
Highlights of the Liberation
• October 1944
Americans landed to Leyte, Mindoro,
Batangas, and Liganyen Gulf
February 1945
American troops entered Manila
August 1945
Surrender of the Japanese
Battle of the Philippine Sea
Americans comeback to Leyte
• After the battle of the Philippine Sea,
the American concentrates in Saipan.
• Guam and Rota islands were heavily
bombarded and on July 21 American
marines landed on Guam which fell
on August 10.
• Americans Tinian Islands fell on
August 8, the coast of New Guinea,
Wake Island, which fell on May 19,
Biak Islands and the Western
Carolines.
Americans comeback to Leyte
• MacArthur’s forces occupied Morotai
Island.
• Air attacks coincided with the with the
Japanese target practice making them
unaware of American planes above.
• Damages were inflicted on Japanese
installation in Manila, Cavite, and other
troop concentrations.
• Similar strikes were conducted in the
Visayas which showed Japanese weak air
resistance in the Visayas. They are now
penetrating Leyte.
The Leyte Landings
• General
MacArthur
commander of
american forces of
the Philippines,
known as Central
Philippines Attack
Force.Gen. MacArthur
The Leyte Landings
• Central Philippines
Attack Force
divided into
Northern Attack Force
and Southern Attack
Forces.
consists of 650
ships and four army
divisions.
The Leyte Landing
• The American Forces raided Japan
through Pescadores, Formosa(Taiwan)
and northern Luzon.
• October 20, 1944
- Leyte is greatly pacified
opening way for the
Americans.
The landing of MacArthur in Leyte.
The Mindoro and Lingayen Gulf
Landing
• A preparatory for the reoccupation of
Manila
• December1944
- the troop landed on the
coast of Mindoro giving
threat to the enemy’s
shipping lanes in the pacific.
The landing of MacArthur in Pangasinan.
The Mindoro and Lingayen Gulf
Landing
• A preparatory for the reoccupation of
Manila
• January9, 1944
- Americans landed on
the gulf of Pangasinan
taking the enemy by
surprise.
- Japanese thought
Americans will land on
Manila bay.
The landing of MacArthur in Pangasinan.
The Liberation of Manila
• Men found in the streets were forcibly
taken to work in Japanese airfields or
installations.
• All modes of transprtation was
confiscated and used for
Japanese transport.
"Jeeps move into the city
across a pontoon bridge
while local inhabitants depart
in the opposite direction."
The Liberation of Manila
• Quezon institute which was moved to San
juan de Dios Hospital was sacked and
patients and doctors were massacred.
• A tank was rushed to UST and freed allied
prisoners.
The Liberation of Manila
• Night of February
3, 1945- UST
- They sang
“God Bless
America” and
“Star Spangled
Banner”
End of the War
• MacArthur who had taken the government
as military Administrator turned over the
seat to Sergio Osmena.
End of the War
• July 26, 1945
- Japan refused to surrender
• August 6, 1945
- USA air forces
unleased atomic
bombs to Nagasaki
and Hiroshima
- Russia declared war
End of the War
• August 15, 1945
- Acceptance of Japan to surrender
• September 2, 1945
- Japan signed the terms of surrender on
board the battleship Missouri at Tokyo
Bay.
The War is Over!!!