THE WAR IN THE

PACIFIC

• On December 7,1941. Hawaiian time, Japanese bombers attacked the American fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.

• “Yesterday, December 7,1941… the United States was suddenly and deliberately attacked by naval and air forces of the empire of Japan”

THE OCCUPATION OF

MANILA

• The Japanese naval, military, and air forces took the offensive against the United States, Britain , and Holland.

• Their colonies in Asia were attacked-the Philippines, Malaya ,and Indonesia.

• The Japanese continued bombing it, resulting in the destruction of properties and buildings like the Old Santo Domingo Church.

SANTO DOMINGO CHURCH

• On January 2 the Japanese forces entered and occupied Manila.

THE FALL OF BATAAN

AND CORREGIDOR

• Quezon was very sick when the war broke out. His illness became serious when he learned that thousands of Filipinos died as a result of Japanese bombing in the Bataan and other places.

• In Corregidor, on December 30, Quezon took his oath of office to mark the beginning of his second term as President of Commonwealth.

• With Manila and other parts of Luzon in the hands of the Japanese, Bataan and Corregidor, under the command of General MacArthur, began to take heavy beating from the enemy.

• Realizing that Bataan would soon fall, President Roosevelt ordered Quezon to be transferred to Australia.

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• In March, he also ordered MacArhturto fly to Australia, from where he would direct military operations against Japan.

• Having suffered not only from hunger and diseases but also from enemy bombs and cannon fire, the American commander in Bataansurrendered on April 9, 1942.

• The Japanese were now free to devote their entire offensive against Corregidor.

• This tiny island suffered from the almost ceaseless bombing attacks of the enemy and on May 6, General Jonathan Wainwright, surrendered the Philippines for the Japanese.