Timeline of World War II
August 27, 2021
This timeline was originally prepared by the Heritage Division of PCDSPO as part of he interactive web project World War II in the Philippines which
A Timeline of Martial Law
August 27, 2021
On September 23, 2015, we remember the 43rd anniversary of the Declaration of Martial Law on September 23. The Presidential Communications Development and Strategic Planning
The Magellan Expedition and Elcano’s Circumnavigation: 500 Years
March 5, 2021
Antonio Pigafetta, a Florentine navigator who went with Magellan on the first voyage around the world, wrote, upon his passage through our southern lands of
Endgame for Japan: From the Potsdam Declaration, the Atomic Bombs, and Surrender, the Defeat of Japan in Diaries from 75 Years Ago
July 27, 2020
(Above: February 27, 1945: Douglas MacArhur and Sergio Osmeña at the ceremony in Malacañan Palace in which the civilian authority of Commonwealth was restored in
Citations of the Philippine Diary Project
October 26, 2019
(Last updated: April 19, 2023) Over time, we’ve been gratified to notice that people are starting to refer to the Philippine Diary Project, in blog
Diaries describe the start of the Filipino-American War, February 4-28, 1899
February 3, 2019
(Note: this was originally published to mark the 120th anniversary of the outbreak of the Filipino-American War in 2019; last modified in February, 2023). The
The cavalry and their last charge, December 1941-January 1942
December 30, 2016
One of the great romantic stories of World War II, is of Polish lancers bravely –and desperately– charging German tanks in the opening days of
Railways in Mindanao: Then and Now
May 6, 2015
News is that the National Economic Development Authority (NEDA) has approved a Feasibility Study to proceed for the proposed Mindanao Railway Project. The map
Philippine wartime views on the future of Indonesia, China and Japan
April 27, 2015
This 1942 New World Order map attributed to Maurice Gomberg is interesting in that it gives a snapshot of emerging thought about the United