Warning: contains images of dead children
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Initial aerial bombardment was followed by landings of ground troops both north and south of Manila. The defending Philippine and United States troops were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who had been recalled to active duty in the United States Army earlier in the year and was designated commander of the United States Armed Forces in the Asia-Pacific region.
The aircraft of his command were destroyed; the naval forces were ordered to leave; and because of the circumstances in the Pacific region, reinforcement and resupply of his ground forces were impossible. Under the pressure of superior numbers, the defending forces withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula and to the island of Corregidor at the entrance to Manila Bay. Manila, declared an open city to prevent its destruction, was occupied by the Japanese on January 2, 1942.
One hundred thousand men, women, and children perished. Architectural heritage was reduced to rubble—the City of Manila was the second most devastated Allied capital of World War II.
*Note: this is a mix of images from the initial Japanese invasion of Manila in 1941-42 and photos taken during/after the US return in 1945 in the islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon. along with Manila.
Set 1.
1. Civilians who were executed by Japanese forces.
2. Dead Japanese soldiers on the beach (this is probably in 1945 at Letye).
3.
4. Executed Filipino civilians with their hands bound.
5.
6.
7.
8. A dead Japanese sniper lies on the ground.
9.
10. Dead Japanese soldiers.
The Philippine defense continued until the final surrender of United States-Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942 and on Corregidor in May. Most of the 80,000 prisoners of war captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to undertake the infamous "Death March" to a prison camp 105 kilometers to the north. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 men, weakened by disease and malnutrition and treated harshly by their captors, died before reaching their destination.
Quezon and Osmeña had accompanied the troops to Corregidor and later left for the United States, where they set up a government in exile. MacArthur was ordered to Australia, where he started to plan for a return to the Philippines.
* This thread won't be dealing directly with the Bataan Death March although I'll be posting a few images from it.
Set 2.
11.
12. This will be in 1945 - dead Japanese soldiers.
13. Dead civilians in rubble.
14. Priests who had been killed by the Japanese.
15. Dead Japanese soldiers.
15. Filipino civilians massacred in a trench by Japanese forces after the invasion.
16. A dead civilian.
17.
18. Dead civilians.
19. Dead civilians after building was bombed by the Japanese.
Japan launched a surprise attack on the Philippines on December 8, 1941, just ten hours after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Initial aerial bombardment was followed by landings of ground troops both north and south of Manila. The defending Philippine and United States troops were under the command of General Douglas MacArthur, who had been recalled to active duty in the United States Army earlier in the year and was designated commander of the United States Armed Forces in the Asia-Pacific region.
The aircraft of his command were destroyed; the naval forces were ordered to leave; and because of the circumstances in the Pacific region, reinforcement and resupply of his ground forces were impossible. Under the pressure of superior numbers, the defending forces withdrew to the Bataan Peninsula and to the island of Corregidor at the entrance to Manila Bay. Manila, declared an open city to prevent its destruction, was occupied by the Japanese on January 2, 1942.
One hundred thousand men, women, and children perished. Architectural heritage was reduced to rubble—the City of Manila was the second most devastated Allied capital of World War II.
*Note: this is a mix of images from the initial Japanese invasion of Manila in 1941-42 and photos taken during/after the US return in 1945 in the islands of Leyte, Samar, and Luzon. along with Manila.
Set 1.
1. Civilians who were executed by Japanese forces.
2. Dead Japanese soldiers on the beach (this is probably in 1945 at Letye).
3.
4. Executed Filipino civilians with their hands bound.
5.
6.
7.
8. A dead Japanese sniper lies on the ground.
9.
10. Dead Japanese soldiers.
The Philippine defense continued until the final surrender of United States-Philippine forces on the Bataan Peninsula in April 1942 and on Corregidor in May. Most of the 80,000 prisoners of war captured by the Japanese at Bataan were forced to undertake the infamous "Death March" to a prison camp 105 kilometers to the north. It is estimated that as many as 10,000 men, weakened by disease and malnutrition and treated harshly by their captors, died before reaching their destination.
Quezon and Osmeña had accompanied the troops to Corregidor and later left for the United States, where they set up a government in exile. MacArthur was ordered to Australia, where he started to plan for a return to the Philippines.
* This thread won't be dealing directly with the Bataan Death March although I'll be posting a few images from it.
Set 2.
11.
12. This will be in 1945 - dead Japanese soldiers.
13. Dead civilians in rubble.
14. Priests who had been killed by the Japanese.
15. Dead Japanese soldiers.
15. Filipino civilians massacred in a trench by Japanese forces after the invasion.
16. A dead civilian.
17.
18. Dead civilians.
19. Dead civilians after building was bombed by the Japanese.
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