Chinese Ceramics and Evidence of Violence in the Early Calatagan Excavations
In the 1930s, while ground was being leveled for use as an airstrip in the Municipality of Calatagan on the western side of the Province of...
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When Balayan Guerrillas Stole Japanese Q-Boats from a Base in Calatagan in WWII
Towards the end of 1943, when the tides of war in the Pacific had started to turn in favor of the Allied Forces, Japan started to explore a...
The Burning of Rosario and Other Japanese Atrocities in the Town in 1945
On the 31 st of January 1945, the United States 8 th Army made its long awaited landing on the beaches of the town of Nasugbu in western ...
The Daring Guerrilla Raid on a Jap Sentry Outpost at Calicanto, Batangas in 1943
On the 8 th of December 1941, just hours after the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Japanese aircraft l...
Protecting Cuenca against WWII Japanese Stragglers and Convincing them to Surrender
On the 20 th of April 1945, the 187 th Glider Infantry Regiment of the United States Army’s 11 th Airborne Division, after some fierce a...
The Tanauan Guerrillas who Helped Downed US Pilots Escape the Japanese in WWII
Beginning on the 10 th up to the 20 th of October 1944, planes of the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise started raiding Japanese airfields...
10 World War II Trivia Set in Batangas
World War II and the Japanese occupation of the Philippines from 1942-1945 rank among the most tragic events ever to have affected the Prov...
The Amusing Folkloric Tale of How Lipa City Got its Name
Many of the folkloric stories about how the cities, towns and barrios of Batangas got their names had something to do with amusing suppose...
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A quick examination of the names of the barrios around the province of Batangas and one quickly sees that there is a commonality to the na...
WWII Batangas: Forced Cotton Planting and Civilian Hunger
Among the common themes related to World War II in Batangas found in the so-called “historical data” required by the administration of Pre...