I just went on winter break and really had to bust my ass to get this out on time bahaha- there’s not much else I wanna say that wasn’t already said lol, but i wanna thank @vrwsco on instagram for giving me the idea to do one for puerto rico! this is a bit of tentative design for a puerto rico, so don’t be surprised if it changes next time I draw
This is so wholesome that I’m rebloging it here… Happy holidays and stay safe.
These adjectives are but part of the typical odious memories we Filipinos have of Jose P. Laurel, and it’s not hard to blame us. After all, he was the puppet president of the Japanese during World War II.
However, his role during those trying times has overshadowed the fact that he is probably one of the most accomplished Filipinos of all time.
Even during the Japanese occupation, Laurel’s fiercely nationalist streak showed itself when he overtly or covertly undermined the japanese rulers ever chance he got, all for the sake of his countrymen.
He was, as President Carlos P. Garcia said,
“ A great patriot, eminent jurist, statesman, legislator and constitutionalist.””
These adjectives are but part of the typical odious memories we Filipinos have of Jose P. Laurel, and it’s not hard to blame us. After all, he was the puppet president of the Japanese during World War II.
However, his role during those trying times has overshadowed the fact that he is probably one of the most accomplished Filipinos of all time.
Even during the Japanese occupation, Laurel’s fiercely nationalist streak showed itself when he overtly or covertly undermined the japanese rulers ever chance he got, all for the sake of his countrymen.
He was, as President Carlos P. Garcia said,
“ A great patriot, eminent jurist, statesman, legislator and constitutionalist.””
The day after Japan bombed the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941, the Japanese invasion of the Philippines began. Within a month, the Japanese had captured Manila, the capital of the Philippines, and the American and Filipino defenders of Luzon (the island on which Manila is located) were forced to retreat to the Bataan Peninsula. For the next three months, the combined U.S.-Filipino army held out despite a lack of naval and air support. Finally, on April 9, with his forces crippled by starvation and disease, U.S. General Edward King Jr. (1884-1958), surrendered his approximately 75,000 troops at Bataan.
The surrendered Filipinos and Americans soon were rounded up by the Japanese and forced to march some 65 miles from Mariveles, on the southern end of the Bataan Peninsula, to San Fernando. The men were divided into groups of approximately 100, and what became known as the Bataan Death March typically took each group around five days to complete. The exact figures are unknown, but it is believed that thousands of troops died because of the brutality of their captors, who starved and beat the marchers, and bayoneted those too weak to walk. Survivors were taken by rail from San Fernando to prisoner-of-war camps, where thousands more died from disease, mistreatment and starvation.
America avenged its defeat in the Philippines with the invasion of the island of Leyte in October 1944. General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964), who in 1942 had famously promised to return to the Philippines, made good on his word. In February 1945, U.S.-Filipino forces recaptured the Bataan Peninsula, and Manila was liberated in early March.
Hey there! Here’s a preview of one of two illustrations I did for The World, a Hetalia fanzine featuring BIPOC creators! There’s lots of wonderful art there, and all proceeds will go to a charity dedicated to women’s education in Oaxaca, so if you can please make sure to have a look through the link here!
![[ファンアート]祝Maaf一周年](https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m469a3VsRN1qa7siqo1_1280.jpg "[ファンアート]祝Maaf一周年")
