Liberation, History I

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!!!