36th Annual Nimitz Symposium - 2023 | Dr. Jose Ricardo, Guest Speaker

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Japanese Propaganda and Filipino Counterpropaganda
During the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines, 1941-1945
Propaganda was a key weapon during World War II. The Japanese had learned from
the Germans and had a well-developed propaganda apparatus when they invaded the Philippines in December 1941. They realized that they had to win the hearts and minds of Filipinos and wean them from the Americans, who they were fighting side by side with. Various propaganda lines were utilized, such as emphasizing shared Asian heritage, the Filipino quest for independence, and demonizing the Americans. The Japanese also published leaflets directed at weakening the American resolve while fighting in the Philippines. Life under Japanese occupation was an ordeal, and Filipinos quickly saw through the emptiness of Japanese propaganda. Although less refined than the Japanese propaganda machine, Filipino guerrillas, as well as the Americans who fought with them, circulated leaflets and other forms of propaganda that effectively countered the Japanese campaign.
Following Dr. Jose's presentation at the 36th Annual Symposium, Marie Silva Vallejo answers questions from the audience. She is the Author of “Dauntless: The 1st & 2nd Filipino Infantry Regiments, United States Army”.
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Speaker Biography:
Ricardo Trota Jose is professor of history at the University of the Philippines, Diliman and considered the country’s leading scholar on WWII in the Philippines and the Asiatic-Pacific theater. He earned both his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in history at the University of the Philippines and his PhD from the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies. He specializes in military and diplomatic history, with focus on the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. He has published widely in various journals and books. Among his major publications are The Philippine Army, 1935-1942 (Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1992) and Volume 7 - on the Japanese occupation of the Philippines
- of the multi-volume Kasaysayan set (Reader’s Digest, 1998). He co-edited, with Japanese colleagues, The Philippines Under Japan: Occupation Policy and Reaction (1999). His latest work is on the Philippine guerrilla resistance movement in Mindanao and Sulu, Guerrilla Days in the Philippine South, co-authored with Cesar Pobre (2022).
36th Annual Admiral Nimitz Symposium Sponsors and Donors:
Fischer & Wieser
Dian Graves Owen Foundation
Dr. Leon Bromberg Charitable Trust
Humanities Texas
Messina Hof
Hilmy Cellars
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