Topic 5

Question 1

When did Japan bomb Pearl Harbor, prompting the U.S. to enter WWII?

Answer 1

December 7, 1941

Question 2

When did news of Pearl Harbor reach Manila, causing panic, evacuations, and food hoarding?

Answer 2

December 8, 1941

Question 3

When did Japanese forces bomb Clark Air Field, Nichols Air Field, Sangley Point, Baguio, Davao, and Manila?

Answer 3

Soon after December 8, 1941

Question 4

When did Japanese forces land in Vigan and Aparri, northern Luzon?

Answer 4

December 10, 1941

Question 5

When did Japanese forces land in Davao?

Answer 5

December 20, 1941

Question 6

When did Japanese forces land in Lingayen, Pangasinan?

Answer 6

December 22, 1941

Question 7

What happened on December 24, 1941, involving Japanese forces and the Commonwealth government?

Answer 7

Japanese land in Atimonan and Mauban, Lamon Bay; Commonwealth government evacuates to Corregidor; USAFFE withdraws to Bataan.

Question 8

What was declared on December 26, 1941, regarding Manila?

Answer 8

Manila is declared an Open City but still bombed by Japanese forces.

Question 9

What significant event occurred on December 30, 1941, regarding Manuel Quezon?

Answer 9

Manuel Quezon’s mandate as President is renewed in Corregidor.

Question 10

When did Japanese forces begin bombing the Bataan stronghold?

Answer 10

January 9, 1942

Question 11

What was announced on April 9, 1942, and what followed?

Answer 11

Surrender of Bataan announced; Bataan Death March follows.

Question 12

What did Japanese forces focus on after April 9, 1942?

Answer 12

Japanese forces focus bombings on Corregidor.

Question 13

When did Jonathan Wainwright surrender USAFFE forces in the Philippines?

Answer 13

May 6, 1942

Question 14

What did Masaharu Homma address Filipinos about on August 3, 1942?

Answer 14

Japanese occupation and Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.

Question 15

What political party was established under Japanese rule in December 1943?

Answer 15

KALIBAPI, the only political party under Japanese rule.

Question 16

When was the Preparatory Commission for Philippine Independence (PCPI) organized?

Answer 16

June 18, 1943

Question 17

When was Jose P. Laurel elected President of the Japanese-sponsored Republic?

Answer 17

September 25, 1943

Question 18

When was Jose P. Laurel inducted as President of the Second Philippine Republic?

Answer 18

October 14, 1943

Question 19

What did Claro M. Recto do on June 15, 1944?

Answer 19

Wrote protest letter against Japanese atrocities to Gen. Takaki Wachi.

Question 20

When did the first American air raids occur in Davao?

Answer 20

August 1944

Question 21

What happened on September 21, 1944, involving American air raids and Laurel?

Answer 21

American air raids hit Manila; Laurel declares war against U.S.

Question 22

When did American forces land in Leyte, marking MacArthur’s return?

Answer 22

October 20, 1944

Question 23

What proclamation did MacArthur make on October 23, 1944?

Answer 23

MacArthur proclaims the Commonwealth Government as sole legal government in liberated areas.

Question 24

When was the Commonwealth Government re-established in Tacloban under Sergio Osmeña?

Answer 24

Three days after October 20, 1944

Question 25

When did the Laurel government evacuate to Baguio?

Answer 25

December 21, 1944

Question 26

When did American forces land in Lingayen, Pangasinan?

Answer 26

January 1945

Question 27

What significant battle began in February 1945?

Answer 27

American forces enter Manila; Battle of Manila begins.

Question 28

What happened to Jose P. Laurel in March 1945?

Answer 28

Jose P. Laurel is flown out of the Philippines to Taiwan and Japan.

Question 29

When did MacArthur proclaim the Philippines liberated?

Answer 29

July 4, 1945

Question 30

When did Japan unconditionally surrender to Allied Powers?

Answer 30

August 15, 1945

Question 31

When did General Tomoyuki Yamashita surrender all Japanese forces in the Philippines?

Answer 31

September 3, 1945

Question 32

Who was the Commander-in-Chief of USAFFE that promised 'I shall return'?

Answer 32

Douglas MacArthur

Question 33

Who is the author of 'Breaking the Silence' and a survivor of the Malate massacre in 1945?

Answer 33

Lourdes Reyes Montinola

Question 34

Who founded Far Eastern University and was killed by Japanese forces in February 1945?

Answer 34

Nicanor Reyes

Question 35

Who was the grandmother of Lourdes Reyes Montinola that accompanied her during the December 8, 1941 evacuation?

Answer 35

Lola Maria

Question 36

Who was the Commonwealth President during WWII, whose mandate was renewed in Corregidor in December 1941?

Answer 36

Manuel Quezon

Question 37

Who wrote the surrender message of Bataan and later became UP president?

Answer 37

Captain Salvador P. Lopez

Question 38

Who announced the Bataan surrender message from Malinta Tunnel?

Answer 38

Lieutenant Norman Reyes

Question 39

Who succeeded MacArthur as USAFFE Commander-in-chief and surrendered in May 1942?

Answer 39

Jonathan Wainwright

Question 40

Who was the commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines that accepted USAFFE surrender and addressed Filipinos in August 1942?

Answer 40

General Masaharu Homma

Question 41

Who headed the PCPI and was elected President of the Second Philippine Republic under Japanese sponsorship?

Answer 41

Jose P. Laurel

Question 42

Who was the Foreign Minister in Laurel's cabinet that protested Japanese atrocities to Takaki Wachi?

Answer 42

Claro M. Recto

Question 43

Who was the Director General of Japanese Military Administration and recipient of Recto's protest letter?

Answer 43

Lieutenant General Takaki Wachi

Question 44

Who was the Japanese Ambassador to Manila addressed in accounts regarding Recto's letter?

Answer 44

Syozo Murata

Question 45

Who succeeded Quezon as Commonwealth President and re-established government in Tacloban?

Answer 45

Sergio Osmeña

Question 46

Who was the commander of Japanese forces in the Philippines who surrendered in September 1945?

Answer 46

General Tomoyuki Yamashita