The Story of the Defenders of Bataan and Corregidor - 2/6

"...some had to be sent home for lack of weapons."

This tells the "true story" behind the "forgotten war" of Bataan and Corregidor -- savage battles that violently hurled falsely reassured Filipinos and an ill-prepared Philippines into the Second World War in the Pacific. Produced by the Department of National Defense of the Philippines and the Philippines Veterans Affairs Office this series of videos documents the outstanding courage, heroism and nobility of Filipinos regardless the inevitable fall of the country to the unrelenting Imperial Japanese military juggernaut. An outcome inevitably irreversible despite the fierce resistance of the mostly Filipino and American defenders as the United States government relegated succor to the loyal but unwarily naive Philippine Commonwealth as secondary to America's commitment to her European allies.

This historical account belies many of the myths that have long distorted the realities of Philippine American relations and a must for the serious student of history, geopolitics and military matters. On a lighter yet equally revealing note it also gives a glimpse of pre-war Manila and Philippine society.

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• Heroes
• Defenders
• Bataan
• Corregidor
• WW2
• pacific
• war
• gilbertoy69

[SaNtOL113]

tangna lahat ng japanese sa mundo!

[ratbeau72]

Genuine Equity for our

Filipino Veterans!!!

Rally with our Filipino Veterans on

12 Noon,

22nd of September 2008

450 Golden Gate Ave.,

San Francisco, CA 94102

PASS SB 1315 IN THE LOWER HOUSE OF CONGRESS NOW!

[rommeldude1]

Manuel L. Quezon was the best Philippine President of all time..

[rommeldude1]

Ang swerte nila, ang ganda siguro pag nanjan ako.. makikipag sabakan sa digmaan.. damn I wish sana I was born 1920's para nandun ako 1940's

[poprambomarine]

@SaNtOL113 oo sila dati wla bola kahit isa.

[ezenggruppen]

we cannot question the bravery of our filipino soldiers, they fought very hard and have determination towards freedom. ang problema lang satin eh ung present situation natin ngayon. makita lang ng mga nag buwis ng buhay para sa kalayaan ng pilipinas na ganito ang dinadaanan ng kapwa pilipino ko baka nag dalawang isip sila na ipag tanggol ang pilipinas at hinayaan nalang ang mga nanakop satin. i hope may pag asa pa tayong mga pilipino na umangat ang bansa. pero kahit ganun i love being a pilipino

[GelandnaleG]

6:31am Sunday (JST) - Time in Japan

[gaenues]

why limit history?

[troyluna555]

@joey143anna is it because they stole all those paintings?? just asking

[joey143anna]

please limit videos about the atrocities of japan. the american and filipinos might be rascist to them. i'll be the first to discriminate them.

[joey143anna]

NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC: the nazis are the worst liars and murderous thieves we've ever met in history. same with the japanese empire.

[llvllrProbinsyano]

We must have a nuclear plant.