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The Japanese invasion force in the Philippines during the initial stages of World War II was commanded by Lieutenant General Homma Masaharu.21
Following the Japanese conquest, Homma was held responsible for the Bataan Death March and other atrocities committed against Allied prisoners of war. He was subsequently tried by a U.S. military commission in Manila and executed by a firing squad in 1946.21