 Sarudzo dzomutungamiri wenyika yePhilippines nemutevedzeri wemutungamiri wenyika dza1941 dzakaitwa musi waNovember 11, 1941, mwedzi mumwe pamberi peKurwiswa kwePearl Harbor; uye gare gare, kupinda kweJapan muPhilippines, iyo yakaunza Philippines neUnited States kuHondo Yenyika II. Mutungamiri aripo Manuel Luis Quezon akakunda nguva yechipiri isina kumboitika seMutungamiri wePhilippines mukukunda kukuru. Mutevedzeri wake, Mutevedzeri Wemutungamiri Sergio Osmeña, akakundawo nokukunda kukuru. Vakuru vakasarudzwa, zvisinei, havana kushumira mazwi avo kubva muna 1942 kusvika muna 1945 nekuda kweHondo Yenyika II. Muna 1943, Republic yaitsigirwa neJapan yakagadzwa uye Jose P. Laurel akagadzwa kuva purezidhendi. Kubva muna 1943 kusvika muna 1945, Philippines yakava nemapurezidhendi maviri. Quezon akafa muna 1944 netibhii uye akatsiviwa naSergio Osmeña. 