Hazardous Occupation PTO (id:#65573)

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Tamparan, Mindanao, The Philippines 1942-09-12 (8 others)

Overview:

In their occupation of the Philippines, the Japanese created an atmosphere of escalating anger and resentment which by mid 1942 had flared into hatred and the beginnings of armed resistance. On Mindanao some of the first to resist openly were the fierce Muslim tribes, which had a long history of guerrilla warfare against the Spanish, Catholic Filipinos, and Americans. In September of that year, outside the village of Tamparan in Lanao province, a band of Muslims equipped with discarded American rifles as well as their own kris and bolo swords prepared a deadly ambush for an unsuspecting Japanese patrol.

Defender: Muslims (Muslims Guerrillas)  

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