Batangas in World War II 1941-1945

In this page you will find links to articles about Batangas during World War II.

AIRFIELDS AND AIR WARFARE

• Fernando Air Base in Lipa: Its World War II Roots
• Focus on Jesus Villamor, the Ace Who Helped Stop a Japanese Bombing Raid on Batangas City 
• The Crash of a U.S. Navy Plane at Lipa Airfield in November 1944 
• The Forgotten Military Airfield in Batangas City

ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY THE JAPANESE

• Atrocities in Batangas Cited during General Tomoyuki Yamashita’s Trial for War Crimes after WWII
• Gruesome Tales of Massacres in Lipa and Santo Tomas as Told by Survivors 
• Excerpts from the Bill of Particulars Against Tomoyuki Yamashita Pertaining to Batangas
• Japanese Atrocities Committed in San Jose, Batangas in 1945 
• Japanese WWII Atrocities in Bauan, Cuenca, Lipa, Mataasnakahoy, San Jose, Santo Tomas, Rosario, Taal and Tanauan
• Summary of Japanese Atrocities Committed in Bauan, Batangas in 1945  
• The Beheading of Jose Dimaandal by the Japanese in Batangas Town in 1943 
• The Burning of Rosario and Other Japanese Atrocities in the Town in 1945
  
• The Cruel Koreans of the Japanese Army in the Philippines in World War II
• The Pamintahan Massacre in Lipa, Batangas in February 1945 
• The Rape of Tanauan by the Japanese in World War II and Its Difficulties after the War
• US Army War Crimes Investigation Results about Massacres in Lipa in 1945
• US Army Documentation and Photos of the Pamintahan, Lipa Massacre of 1945 
• When 25,000 Batangueños were Massacred by the Japanese in World War II
• When the Japanese Massacred Bauan’s Male Population in 1945 
• When Japanese Soldiers Tortured and Killed Americans Captured in Nasugbu 
• WWII Japanese Atrocities Committed in the Barrios of Lipa

GUERRILLA WARFARE

• A Chronology of Guerrilla Activities in Alitagtag, Batangas in WWII 
• Controversy in the Recognition of Guerrilla Groups by the US Army in 1946
• Emilio Macabuag and his WWII Guerilla Group in Calatagan, Batangas
• Guerrilla Groups that Operated in Batangas in WWII 
• Intel Reports on the Jap Army in Lobo, Malvar, Rosario, San Jose and San Juan, Batangas, Dec 44 
• Jay D. Vanderpool, the Officer who Coordinated Guerrillas in Batangas, Cavite and Laguna 
• Jorge Espina: the Hero who Embodied Batangueño Resistance to Japanese Occupation in WWII 
• Operations of the Hunters/ROTC Guerillas in Batangas Prior to the 1945 Nasugbu Landing in WWII
• PQOG Guerrilla Intel Reports on Batangas Town with Sketch Maps, December 44 
• PQOG Guerrilla Intel Reports on Lipa, Batangas with Sketch Maps, December 44 
• Protecting Cuenca against Japanese Stragglers and Convincing them to Surrender in 1945 
• The 48 World War II Martyrs of Lian, Batangas 
• The Case of Batangueño Guerrillas' Attempt to Bribe a US Army Investigating Officer 
• The Case of Four US GIs Stranded in Malvar, Batangas Behind Japanese Lines in WWII  
• The Daring Guerrilla Radio Detachment that Operated in Batangas in WWII 
• The Daring Guerrilla Raid on a Jap Sentry Outpost at Calicanto, Batangas in 1943 
• The Heroic Women Civilian Volunteers of Nasugbu in WWII 
• The Rainbow Regiment: the Batangueño Guerilla Group in WWII
• The Recruitment and Organization of Anti-Japanese Guerillas in Batangas in WWII
• The Tanauan Guerrillas who Helped Downed US Pilots Escape the Japanese in WWII 
• When Balayan Guerrillas Stole Japanese Q-Boats from a Base in Calatagan in WWII 

MAKAPILI ARTICLES

• The Case of the 19-Year Old Makapili Charged with Treason for Activities in Lipa and Santo Tomas
• The Case of the Makapili in Tanauan and the Heroic Dr. Brigido Carandang
• Two Makapilis and the Marauoy, Lipa Massacre by Japanese Soldiers in February 1945

PHOTOGRAPHIC ESSAYS

• Lipa, Batangas in Ruins: Photos taken right after World War II
• Picture Compilation of Evidences of Japanese Atrocities in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
• US Army Signal Corps Photos taken while in the town of Lipa in 1945
• US Army Signal Corps Pictures taken during the Liberation of Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945

US ARMY OPERATIONS

• A Chronology of US Army Aerial Attacks on Batangas in 1945 
• Attacks on Lipa and Batangas Airfields by Carrier-Based American Planes in November 1944 
• Dates when each Town of Batangas was liberated from the Japanese in WWII
• How Batangas was Liberated by Allied Forces from the Japanese in 1945
• More about Base R, an American Logistics Base in Batangas City in WWII
• Revisiting the Forgotten WWII Airstrip in Malvar, Batangas 
• Summarizing the 8th Army’s Report on the Nasugbu Landing of January 1945 
• The Fierce Battle for the Control of Cuenca and Mount Makulot in 1945
• The Nasugbu Landing of WWII and Its Significance to the Liberation of Batangas
• The Rescue of White War Refugees from Calatagan, Batangas by US Army Engineers in 1945 
• US Navy Air Action Report on Attacks on the Lipa and Batangas Airfields in November 1944 
• War Diary Excerpts on US Marine Air Operations Against Batangas in January 1945 

BASED ON EDWARD M. FLANAGAN JR.'S HISTORY OF THE 11TH AIRBORNE

• Details of the Historic Nasugbu Landing from the Viewpoint of the 11th Airborne Division
• Excerpts from a Japanese Soldier’s Diary on the Final Stand of the Japanese in Batangas in 1945
• The 11th Airborne Earn Rest in Lipa after Liberation of Batangas in 1945
• The 187th Regiment and How It Overcame the Japanese on Mt. Maculot in 1945
• The Capture of Mt. Malepunyo East of Lipa and the End of Japanese Resistance in Batangas in 1945
  
• The Role of the US Army 158th RCT in the Liberation of Batangas in 1945
• Two Tagaytay–Batangas Shortcut Roads Built by US Army Engineers in 1945
• Unlucky 13th Plane Crashes as the 11th Airborne Leave Lipa for Okinawa in 1945
• US Army Surprises Japanese at Palico, Nasugbu in 1945, Bluff Its Way up to Tagaytay

MISCELLANEOUS BATANGAS WWII ARTICLES

• 10 World War II Trivia Set in Batangas 
• A Bauan Native’s 1945 Escape from Certain Death at the Hands of the Japanese 
• “Ang Pasko ay Sumapit” Composer in Thrilling Escape from the Japanese in Cuenca in 1945
• Finding Barrio Sulok, the Strategic Barrio in WWII Santo Tomas, Batangas
• How the Japanese Army set up Defenses against Allied Forces in Santo Tomas, Batangas in 1945
• In World War II, People Evacuated TO the Taal Volcano Crater Island 
• Japanese Military Activities in Lipa and Nearby Towns in February 1945 
• Nasugbu in World War II: A Historical Narrative 
• Nasugbu Right after World War II 
• Stories about the Liberation of Batangas City from Japanese Occupation
• The Nasugbu Landing of January 1945 from the Japanese Perspective 
• WWII Batangas: Forced Cotton Planting and Civilian Hunger