Editing Negros Occidental (section)

===Japanese occupation era===
During [[World War II]], both Negros provinces were invaded by [[Empire of Japan|Imperial Japanese forces]], resorting many residents to flee to the inland mountains.<ref name=Mills>Mills, S.A., 2009, Stranded in the Philippines, Annapolis: Naval Institute Press, {{ISBN|9781591144977}}</ref> Negros Island was liberated by combined Philippine & American troops with the local Negrense guerillas attacking the Japanese on August 6, 1945. The 7th, 73rd, 74th and 75th Infantry Divisions of the Philippine Commonwealth Army were established from January 3, 1942, to June 30, 1946, and the 7th Constabulary Regiment of the Philippine Constabulary was active from October 28, 1944, to June 30, 1946, at the Military General Headquarters in Negros Occidental.{{clarify|date=April 2016}} They started the engagements of the Anti-Japanese Imperial Military Operations in Negros from 1942 to 1945 against the Japanese Imperial forces.{{explain|date=April 2016}}

[[File:Hawiian Philippine Company Loco 1984 (3212583114).jpg|thumb|Hawaiian-Philippine Company Locomotive No. 1 in year 1984 at the Hawaiian-Philippine Company, one of the oldest sugar centrals in the province which is still operational in the present. It is the only mill in the country still hauling sugarcane using a [[steam locomotive]].]]