Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te tīmatanga o te whakaekenga a Hapanihi ki ngā Piripi, i whakaritea he rōpū whakaeke i roto i te moutere hei whawhai i te whawhai ki nga ope whakaekenga. Ko nga kaiahuwhenua i arahina e Juan Feleo i whakahaere i te Hukbalahap, i whai waahi nui ki te whakahaere i a Luzon mai i te Emepaea o Hapanihi. I te tau 1945, i tautokohia e te Hapanihi te Reipa Tuarua o Philippines
I whakahekea, ā, i whakatūria anō te Commonwealth.