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Jun 14, 2024 · Bantayog ng Kiangan or Kiangan Shrine marks the capture of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the “Tiger of Malaya” and the highest commander of the Japanese Imperial Army, whose fall also marked the end of World War II.
The Kiangan National Shrine (Filipino: Bantayog sa Kiangan) also known as the Yamashita Shrine is a war memorial in Kiangan, Ifugao, Philippines.
Jul 29, 2018 · The shrine, known as “Bantayog sa Kiangan” (Kiangan National Shrine), marks the place where Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita surrendered to Filipino-American forces, practically ending the war in the Pacific.
Mar 5, 2024 · The shrine is also called the Bantayog ng Kiangan in Tagalog or the Yamashita Shrine. The memorial specifically commemorates top Japanese army commander Tomoyuki Yamashita’s (known as the...
Jul 17, 2012 · The Philippine War Memorial Shrine is a gigantic memorial shrine to commemorate the end of World War II. It is a concrete pyramid type structure, which resembles an oversized Ifugao native house located at Linda, Kiangan.
The shrine marks the place where the "Tiger of Malaya" General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the highest commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines, surrendered to the Fil-American Forces. Annually, the Victory Day of Gen Yamashita's surrender is commemorated every 2na day of September.
Named the “Tiger of Malaya” during World War, Yamashita, 60, was sentenced to death by an American military tribunal in Manila in December 1945.
A gigantic memorial shrine to commemorate the end of World War II. It is a concrete pyramid type structure which resembles an oversized Ifugao native house located at Linda, Kiangan. It depicts historical events from Filipino opposition, to the Death March and the role of the Ifugao and American troops in the defeat of General Tomoyuki Yamashita.
Oct 27, 2020 · “Bantayog ng Kiangan” or Kiangan Shrine commemorates the capture of General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the highest Commander of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Philippines, to the Allied forces which signaled the end of World War II in the Asia Pacific and the country’s eventual liberation after almost four years of Japanese tyranny.
A short ride up from the village proper, this pyramid-shaped shrine marks the spot where Japanese general Yamashita surrendered on 2 September 1945, only to be hanged for war crimes shortly afterwards.
