3.9K views · 33 reactions | President Jose P. Laurel statue at Santo Tomas, Batangas He was the president during the Second Philippine Republic (Imperial Japanese Occupation)  #WW2inPH #WWII #WW2 #SantoTomas #SantoTomasBatangas #Batangas | World War II in the Philippines | Facebook

On October 14, 1943, the independence of the Philippines was formalized under the Japanese-sponsored Second Republic with Jose Laurel, Sr. as President and Benigno Aquino, Sr. as Speaker of the National Assembly. Posing as liberators from "Western" colonization and advocates of the nationalist philosophy "Asia for the Asians", Japan pledged early during their military occupation the preparation for Filipino independence. When Prime Minister Hideki Tojo visited the Philippines in May 1943, he rei

145K views · 3.6K reactions | In 1944, guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation in the Philippines was ongoing and intensified with the imminent Allied invasion, providing crucial intelligence and harassing Japanese forces. Philippine and American guerrillas were instrumental in supporting the American landings on Leyte Island in October 1944, a pivotal moment in General MacArthur's campaign to liberate the Philippines. | Kulay at Kasaysayan | Facebook