Compostela, Cebu
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During the Battle of Guila-Guila on March 5, 1943, guerillas and male civilians organized as the soldiers and officers of the 8th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army
and its subordinate units the several Infantry Regiments, Field Artillery Regiments and many others and supporting of the local troops and officers of the PCA 3rd, 8th, 82nd, 85th, 86th and 87th Infantry Division and the local Cebuano resistance groups fought the Japanese. This battle, commanded by Major Fabian M. Sanchez, resulted in numerous casualties to the Imperial Japanese Army
led by General
Sosaku Suzuki and conservative estimates were ten (10) truckloads of dead Japan
ese soldiers observed being carted away after the battle versus one (1) Filipino
killed.
During the Allied Liberation in 1945 after the Battle of Guila-Guila in 1943 from the successful Filipino soldiers and Cebuano guerrilla fighters. The U.S. Liberation forces was came back and liberated the towns in Compostela, Cebu and helping the stronghold Filipino soldiers of the 3rd, 8th, 82nd, 85th, 86th and 87th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the 8th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary included the Cebuano guerrilla fighters and defeats Japanese Imperial forces and ended in World War II.
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Army
An army An army An army (from Latin arma "arms, weapons" via Old French armée, "armed" (feminine), in the broadest sense, is the land-based military of a nation or state. It may also include other branches of the military such as the air force via means of aviation corps...
and its subordinate units the several Infantry Regiments, Field Artillery Regiments and many others and supporting of the local troops and officers of the PCA 3rd, 8th, 82nd, 85th, 86th and 87th Infantry Division and the local Cebuano resistance groups fought the Japanese. This battle, commanded by Major Fabian M. Sanchez, resulted in numerous casualties to the Imperial Japanese Army
Imperial Japanese Army
-Foundation:During the Meiji Restoration, the military forces loyal to the Emperor were samurai drawn primarily from the loyalist feudal domains of Satsuma and Chōshū...
led by General
General
A general officer is an officer of high military rank, usually in the army, and in some nations, the air force. The term is widely used by many nations of the world, and when a country uses a different term, there is an equivalent title given....
Sosaku Suzuki and conservative estimates were ten (10) truckloads of dead Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese soldiers observed being carted away after the battle versus one (1) Filipino
Filipino people
The Filipino people or Filipinos are an Austronesian ethnic group native to the islands of the Philippines. There are about 92 million Filipinos in the Philippines, and about 11 million living outside the Philippines ....
killed.
During the Allied Liberation in 1945 after the Battle of Guila-Guila in 1943 from the successful Filipino soldiers and Cebuano guerrilla fighters. The U.S. Liberation forces was came back and liberated the towns in Compostela, Cebu and helping the stronghold Filipino soldiers of the 3rd, 8th, 82nd, 85th, 86th and 87th Infantry Division of the Philippine Commonwealth Army and the 8th Infantry Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary included the Cebuano guerrilla fighters and defeats Japanese Imperial forces and ended in World War II.
Barangays
Compostela is administratively subdivided into 17 barangayBarangay
A barangay is the smallest administrative division in the Philippines and is the native Filipino term for a village, district or ward...
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