Editing Hukbalahap (section)

{{Short description|1942–1954 Philippine communist guerrilla movement}}
{{Use Philippine English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
{{Infobox war faction
| name             = Hukbalahap
| war              = [[Philippine resistance against Japan]] during [[World War II]] and [[Hukbalahap rebellion]]
| succeeded by     = [[New People's Army]]
| image            = [[File:Hukbalahap flag.svg|200px]]
| caption          = Flag of the Hukbalahap (from 1950)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.watawat.net/the_huk_rebellion.html|title=The Huk Rebellion|access-date=April 29, 2016|archive-date=April 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210415140727/http://www.watawat.net/the_huk_rebellion.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| active           = 1942–1954
| leaders          = [[Luis Taruc]]<br />[[Casto Alejandrino]]
| ideology         = {{ubl|[[Communism]]|[[Marxism-Leninism]]|[[Anti-imperialism]]}}
| position         = [[Far-left politics|Far-left]]
| allegiance       = {{flagdeco|Philippines|1935}} [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] (1942&ndash;1945)
| headquarters     = [[Pampanga]]
| area             = [[Central Luzon]]
| allies           = {{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Commonwealth of the Philippines]] (1942–1946)<br />{{flagicon|United States|1912}} [[United States of America]] (during World War II [[Philippines Campaign (1944–45)|recapture of the Philippines]])
| opponents        = {{flag|Empire of Japan}} (during World War II [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines|occupation]])<br />{{flagicon|Second Philippine Republic}} [[Second Philippine Republic]] (1943–1945)<br />{{flagicon|Philippines|1936}} [[Government of the Philippines]]
}}

The '''Hukbong Bayan Laban sa Hapon''' ({{lit|People's Army Against The Japanese|lk=yes}}), better known by the acronym '''Hukbalahap''', was a Filipino [[Communism|communist]] [[Guerrilla warfare|guerrilla movement]] formed by the farmers of [[Central Luzon]]. They were originally formed to [[Philippine resistance against Japan|fight]] the [[Imperial Japanese Army|Japanese]], but extended their fight into a rebellion against the [[Philippine government]], known as the [[Hukbalahap rebellion]] in 1946. It was eventually put down through a series of reforms and military victories by [[Secretary of National Defense (Philippines)|Defense Secretary]], and later President, [[Ramon Magsaysay]].<ref>Jeff Goodwin, [https://archive.org/details/nootherwayout00jeff/page/118 <!-- quote=huk rebellion. --> No Other Way Out], Cambridge University Press, 2001, p.119, {{ISBN|0-521-62948-9}}, {{ISBN|978-0-521-62948-5}}</ref>

A monument dedicated to the Huks{{clarify|date=September 2023}} in [[Cabiao]], Nueva Ecija, was constructed to honor their actions during [[World War II]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1102449/hukbalahap-monument-to-rise-in-ecija-town|title=Hukbalahap monument to rise in Ecija town|first=Tonette|last=Orejas|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=April 3, 2019}}</ref>

On October 14, 2023, the Luis M. Taruc Hukbalahap Monument at Garden of Peace Memorial Park in Santa Monica, [[San Luis, Pampanga]], was unveiled to honor about 400 guerrilla fighters (including [[Luis Taruc]], the late Antonio Sumang and 96-year-old Praxedes Clarin, in the statue, one of the nine surviving Huks) including Olimpia Ingal, Narciso Garcia, Josefa Tolentino, and Clemente Miranda, all 94, Dominga Sanchez, Anastacia Sali, and Natalia Lacanlale, all 98 and Francisca Salas, 99).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1846246/hukbalahap-monument-unveiled-in-pampanga|title=Hukbalahap monument unveiled in Pampanga|first=Tonette|last=Orejas|website=newsinfo.inquirer.net|date=October 16, 2023 }}</ref>

Constituted in March 1942, the Hukbalahap was to be part of a broad [[united front]] resistance to the [[Japanese occupation of the Philippines]].<ref name="Saulo" />{{rp|31}} This original intent is reflected in its name.

By 1950, the [[Partido Komunista ng Pilipinas-1930|Communist Party of the Philippines]] (PKP) had resolved to reconstitute the organization as the armed wing of a revolutionary party, prompting a change in the official name to ''Hukbong Mapagpalaya ng Bayan'',<ref name="Saulo">{{cite book|last=Saulo |first=Alfredo |title=Communism in the Philippines: An Introduction |date=1990 |publisher=[[Ateneo de Manila University Press]] |location=Quezon City |isbn=971-550-403-5}}</ref>{{rp|44}} likely in emulation of the Chinese [[People's Liberation Army]].

Notwithstanding this name change, the HMB continued to be popularly known as the ''Hukbalahap'', and the English-speaking press continued to refer to it and its members, interchangeably, as the '''Huks''' (Singular: '''Huk''') during the whole period between 1945 and 1952.