World War II: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manila" id="mwmQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Manila">Manila</a> is captured by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_Japan" id="mwmg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Empire of Japan">Japanese</a> forces, enabling them to control the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Philippine_Republic" id="mwmw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Second Philippine Republic">Philippines</a>.<sup about="#mwt92" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"Alford2006"},"body":{"id":"mw-reference-text-cite_note-Alford2006-17"}}' id="cite_ref-Alford2006_17-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./January_2#cite_note-Alford2006-17" id="mwnA" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 17;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwnQ">[17]</span></a></sup>