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Captain Nieves Fernandez was a Filipino guerrilla commander who fought against the Imperial Japanese occupation during the Second World War. She was the only female guerrilla commander in the Philippines.
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Fernandez was a schoolteacher living in Tacloban Province in the Philippines. When the Philippines were invaded by Imperial Japan in , Fernandez witnessed horrific atrocities against the local population by Japanese soldiers. The final straw was when her school was shut down by the Japanese, who informed Fernandez that her female students were to be taken away and used as "comfort women" (sex slaves) by the Japanese army. This prompted Ferna
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Captain Nieves Fernandez shows to an American soldier how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during occupation,
Captain Nieves Fernandez shows to an American soldier how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during occupation,
Captain Nieves Fernandez, the only known Filipino female guerilla leader and formerly a school teacher, shows US Army Pvt. Andrew Lupiba how she used her long knife to silently kill Japanese soldiers during the Japanese occupation of Leyte Island. Image taken by Stanley Troutman, 7 November , Mabuhay Las Piñas, Leyte Island, Philippines.
Captain Nieves Fernandez was the only known Filipino female guerrilla leader. Working with guerrillas south of Tacloban, Miss Fernandez rounded up native men to resist the Japanese.
She commanded natives who killed more than Japanese with knifes and shotguns made from sections of gas pipe. The Japanese offered 10, pesos for her head. She was wounded once. The bullet scar can
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Nieves Fernandez
WWII Filipino guerrilla leader
Nieves Fernandez (born circa ) was a Filipino guerrilla leader in Tacloban City, during World War II.[2][3]
Before the war, Fernandez worked as a school teacher. When the Imperial Japanese began occupying the Philippine Islands, including her hometown of Tacloban, Fernandez organized a resistance movement that numbered around fighters.[4] She then waged an unconventional war against the Japanese throughout their occupation. Fernandez became one of the most well-known female guerrilla leaders during the war. Her exploits would be remembered through newspapers, academic literature, and works of art.
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