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== History == | == History == | ||
After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II, Manuel L. Quezon had declared the national capital Manila an "open city", and left it under the rule of Jorge B. Vargas, as mayor. The Japanese forces had been entered the city on January 2, 1942, and established it as the capital. Japan fully captured the Philippines on May 6, 1942, after the Battle of Corregidor. [[Masaharu Homma]]''' '''decreed the dissolution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and established the Philippine Executive Commission. A piece of legislation had been passed on December 8th, 1942, It banned all existing political parties and creating new one-party governing alliance. Prime | After the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II, Manuel L. Quezon had declared the national capital Manila an "open city", and left it under the rule of Jorge B. Vargas, as mayor. The Japanese forces had been entered the city on January 2, 1942, and established it as the capital. Japan fully captured the Philippines on May 6, 1942, after the Battle of Corregidor. [[Masaharu Homma]]''' '''decreed the dissolution of the Commonwealth of the Philippines and established the Philippine Executive Commission. A piece of legislation had been passed on December 8th, 1942, It banned all existing political parties and creating new one-party governing alliance. Prime Minister and War Criminal [[Hideki Tojo]] promised to return independence to the Philippines as part of its propaganda of Pan-Asianism (''Asia for the Asians''). | ||
[[Category:Organizations]] | [[Category:Organizations]] | ||
[[Category:Dissolved Organizations]] | [[Category:Dissolved Organizations]] |