the war in the pacific
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• 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 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.
• 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.