Patalinghug, Angelika Joy B.

Oct 8, 2019

Student#: 2019133774 1-PHL-2

Readings in Philippine History

Preliminary Exam

The Japanese Propaganda Posters in World War II

1. Write an internal and external criticism from the given document. And make a critical
judgement from the result of two criticism used in the document. (25 points)

Internal Criticism

The relevance of the Japanese forces landed to Philippines, is to fought the

territory against the Americans and build an Pacific Empire. Philippines was one
of the great garrison for their movements during the war. Japan released lots of
campaign posters that will support their propagandas during the World War II,
One of the Japanese propaganda posters is given above. Commonly, the purpose
of the entire poster, aimed to earn the trust of the Filipinos and made an assurance
that they will attain the peace and Independence with Japan neither the
Americans.
As we can see from the given campaign poster above, it stated there the lines of
“You are our Pals”, means that Japanese forces are treating Filipinos as a friend
not an enemy, they are trying to convince the Philippines that they are safe with
the Japanese forces and nothing but the best is what they can give. Another line
stated “Our enemy is the Americans”, it signifies the United States’ intentions and
their commander in chief, Franklin Roosevelt who characterized as an imperialist
overlord and will just betray the minds of the Filipinos.

All the Japanese campaign leaflets from the world war II occupation, simply
persuades the Filipinos to recrudesce from their livings, have trust and eulogized
the protection under the Japanese forces.

External Criticism

Japanese occupation in World War II occurred in 1941-1942, where they landed

in the Philippines. Different campaign leaflets were distributed by the Japanese
forces, They began utilizing publicity to gain the trust and certainty of the
Filipinos who wouldn’t cooperate with them. Using giant posters and dissimenate
their materials.

They likewise utilized newspapers, motion pictures, and others to plug their
propagandas. These propaganda posters such as what you have seen above, It
captivates the eagerness of the Japanese forces for us to surrender and set into our
minds that the only enemy is the Americans. Propaganda posters aims to have the
side of the Filipinos with the Japanese people.
2. Make a short story based on your findings from the given document. In writing a story,
apply the use of Historical Method. (Narrative-Descriptive-Analytic Techniques) and
Historical Hermeneutics. (25 points)

I. Background

The bomb attack from the United States Naval Base at the Pearl Harbour on
December 7, 1941 was initiated by the Japanese Military forces. 10 hours
Right after that bomb attack, December 8,1941, Japan begun a surprised
attack in the Philippines where specifically the first attack landed in Clark Air
base Pampanga and Nichols Field. Next attack on December 22, in Lingayen
Gulf and continue to Manila where Manuel L. Quezon declared Manila as an
open city to avoid annihilation.
The Filipino and American armed forces were
ruled under General Douglas MacArthur. The
air ship in his command were crushed; the
maritime powers were requested to leave and
as a result of the conditions in the Pacific
locale, support and resupply of his ground
powers were absurb. Under the weight of
predominant numbers, the shielding powers
pulled back to the Bataan Peninsula and to the
island of Corregidor at the passage to Manila
Bay. Manila, it was involved by the Japanese
on January 2, 1942. . A large portion of the
80,000 detainees of war caught by the
Japanese at Bataan were to attempt the
notorious "Death March" to a jail camp 105
kilometers toward the north. It is assessed that upwards of 10,000 men,
debilitated by infection and lack of healthy sustenance and treated cruelly by
their captors, passed on before arriving at their goal. Quezon and Osmeña
went with the soldiers to Corregidor and later left for the United States, where
they set up a legislature estranged abroad. MacArthur was requested to
Australia, where he began to get ready for an arrival to the Philippines.
Japan is starting their occupation and build a government within the
Philippines even if they promised the Independence to the country. The noble
Filipinos, serve under the Japanese government.

Japanese controlling the Philippines was restricted by progressively

compelling underground and guerrilla action that at last arrived at enormous
 scale extents. After war examinations demonstrated that around 260,000
individuals were in guerrilla associations and that individuals from the counter
Japanese underground were considerably increasingly various. Their viability
was to such an extent that before the finish of the war, Japan controlled just
twelve of the forty-eight areas. The significant component of opposition in the
Central Luzon region was outfitted by the Huks, Hukbalahap, or the People's
Anti-Japanese Army sorted out in mid 1942 under the administration of Luis
Taruc, a socialist gathering part since 1939. The Huks outfitted nearly 30,000
individuals and expanded their command over a lot of Luzon. Other guerrilla
units were connected to the United States Armed Forces Far East.

MacArthur's Allied powers arrived on the island of Leyte on October 20,

1944, joined by Osmeña, who had prevailing to the province administration
upon the passing of Quezon on August 1, 1944. Arrivals at that point pursued
on the island of Mindoro and around the Lingayen Gulf on the west side of
Luzon, and the push toward Manila was started. Battling was wild, especially
in the mountains of northern Luzon, where Japanese soldiers had withdrawn,
and in Manila, where they set up a last-dump obstruction. Guerrilla powers
rose up wherever for the last hostile. Battling proceeded until Japan's
conventional give up on September 2, 1945. The Philippines had endured
extraordinary death toll and enormous physical obliteration when the war was
finished. An expected 1 million Filipinos had been killed, a huge extent during
the last a long time of the war, and Manila was broadly harmed.

II. Body
The significance of the Japanese powers arrived to Philippines, is to battled
the region against the Americans and construct a Pacific Empire. Philippines
was one of the incredible army for their developments during the war. Japan
discharged loads of crusade publications that will bolster their forms of
publicity during the World War II, One of the Japanese purposeful publicity
notices is given previously. Usually, the motivation behind the whole notice,
meant to gain the trust of the Filipinos and made an affirmation that they will
achieve the harmony and Independence with Japan neither the Americans.

As should be obvious from the given battle notice above, it expressed there
the lines of "You are our Pals", implies that Japanese powers are regarding
Filipinos as a companion not a foe, they are attempting to persuade the
Philippines that they are sheltered with the Japanese powers and only the best
is the thing that they can give. A different line expressed "Our foe is the
Americans", it implies the United States' expectations and their president,
Franklin Roosevelt who described as an imperialist commander and will
simply sell out the psyches of the Filipinos. All the Japanese war propaganda
posters from the world war II occupation, essentially influences the Filipinos
to recrudesce from their livings, have trust and lauded the security under the
Japanese forces. Japanese occupation in World War II happened in 1941-
1942, where they arrived in the Philippines. Diverse crusade flyers were
appropriated by the Japanese powers, They started using attention to pick up
the trust and assurance of the Filipinos who wouldn't collaborate with them.
Utilizing mammoth notices and dissimenate their materials. They in like
manner used papers, movies, and others to plug their forms of publicity. These
purposeful publicity publications, for example, what you have seen above, It
enraptures the excitement of the Japanese powers for us to give up and set into
our brains that the main foe is the Americans. Purposeful publicity notices
plans to have the side of the Filipinos with the Japanese individuals.