The Battle of the Philippines was one of America’s greatest military defeats. The battle which lead to
severely damaged Aircrafts. Many who were captured were reduced in there numbers in the infamous Bataan Death March on which 7,000 to 10,000 died or were murdered.
After occupying the Philippines, the Japanese military authorities immediately began organizing a new government structure in the Philippines. They first organize a council of state which control the civil affairs of the country. Later on, they install a puppet goverment in the Philippines. The only political party allowed during the occupation was the Japanese-organized KALIBAPI.
The reason why the Japan took the Philippines was to deprive the US of an advance base in the region. It would also provide a Japanese base for attacks on the Dutch East Indies. They also wanted to expand there Authority
The British government relaxed rules regulating trade for the American colonies in the late 1600s because the British hoped the colonies would become wealthier and spend more on manufactured goods from Britain.
