Both the Americans and Japanese concealed their true intentions when it came to

colonizing the Philippines. They appear to want to develop the Philippines through their
influence but in reality, all they wanted was to have full control over the country. The
Americans and Japanese shared a common goal in taking over the Philippines, which
was to create a colony in the country and expand their influence and control over the
people that were running the Philippines and as time passes gain access and control to
the country’s economy and resources.
the most noticeable difference between the two that colonized the Philippines was in the
magnitude of their approach and how they exhibited their intentions to the people. The
main goal of the Americans in colonizing the Philippines was to reinforce or strengthen
their own economy and trading capability; however, the Americans managed to
disguised their real intentions of taking control over the Philippines by presenting
themselves as allies and claimed to want to save the country from the control and
influence of the Spaniards and would help in flushing every last one of the Spaniards
from the country. During their rule they prioritized the education and transportation
which allowed the English language to circulate more efficiently in the country. They
influenced the country in many ways including clothing, language, etc. that are still
present up to this day. The Americans made Filipinos believe that the American way of
education was the best and only education required to become civilized making the
Filipinos neglect their own culture and way of life.
The Japanese however, were very explicit in demonstrating and announcing what their
goal was, which is to gain military and authoritarian rule over the country and its people.
They controlled the media and created films that portrayed propaganda and what
Filipinos must do in order for them to fit into what the Japanese wanted them to be. The
time of the Japanese were the darkest times in the Philippines. Inflation was present
during this period due to the implementation of the currency that the Japanese created
which was called “mickey mouse money”. The Japanese also didn’t hesitate to show
brutality to Filipinos especially when it came to women. Many women were made into
sex slaves, people starved and suffered over the rule of the Japanese.

The United States did not acquire the Philippines, it seized it. Spain never owned it and
by 1899 its colonial army had been expelled by the newly formed Filipino government
and army. Unfortunately, the American Empire was growing and wanted a vast new
colony, so invaded the Philippines in 1899 and destroyed its army and government.
Japanese Conquest of the Philippines in World War 2. The Battle for Corregidor was the
culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Philippines. The fall of
Bataan in April 9, 1942, ended all organized opposition by the U.S. Army Forces -- Far
East (USAFFE) to the invading Japanese forces on Luzon in the northern Philippines.
The island bastion of Corregidor, with its network of tunnels and formidable array of
defensive armament, along with the fortifications across the entrance to Manila Bay,
was the remaining obstacle to the 14th Japanese Imperial Army of Lieutenant General
Masaharu Homma. The Japanese had to take Corregidor; as long as the island
remained in American hands, they would be denied the use of the Manila Bay, the finest
natural harbor in the Far East.