National Socialist Workers' Party of the Philippines | |
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| Datu | Digong Duterte |
| Founder | Ferdinand Marcos |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Preceded by | Philippine Workers' Party |
| Headquarters | Manila, Philippines |
| Paramilitary Wings | National Defense Limahong Guard Lapu-Lapu Guard |
| Ideology | Nazism Anti-Catholicism Anti-Semitism Hispanophobia Cultural conservatism National conservatism Philippine nationalism |
| Political position | Far-right |
| Global Affiliations | League of Fascists International Conservative Union |
| Slogan | "Isang bansa, Isang Grupong Tao kay Tuhan" |
The National Socialist Workers' Party of the Philippines (Filipino: Partidong Pakalajah Sosyalis Kabansaan ng Pilipinas, Malay: Partai Kebangsaan Sosialis Pekerja di Filipina), also known as the Nazi Party of the Philippines and the Maharlika Party (Filipino: Partidong Maharlika, Malay: Partai Merdeka) is a far-right and Fascist political party in the Philippines. It was formed in 1968 by Ferdinand Marcos, after he expelled the Communist Party of the Philippines from its political power.
Marcos was influenced by the Nazi Party of Germany, impressed with how it turned Germany from a war-torn third world nation to a superpower. It is then that he implemented Nazi German ideology and symbols, incorporating it into Philippine nationalism. This made the Philippines the only Asian country directly and publicly in Germany's sphere of influence, though Indonesia had already become a Fascist state under Suharto.
The Filipino Nazis also expelled the Roman Catholic Church from any political or social influence.
Along with Indonesia, the Philippines was beginning to form a major power bloc. As a result of Vietnam losing its Philippine ally, the Vietnamese government declared war on the Philippines. The Chinese supported Vietnam. Despite the declaration of war, no shot was ever fired, making it a bloodless conflict.
After the Philippine Army attacked Chinese soldiers who remained in the country beyond the deadline, the Chinese government sent forces to Formosa. Chinese air forces bombed a tank base in Manila. As a result, Philippine naval forces began to shell Chinese ships around Formosa.
Because the Chinese had to cancel their invasion of the Philippines to gear up for war against the Soviet Union, the two countries signed a ceasefire. This divided Formosa into a Chinese-controlled north and a Filipino-controlled south.
The Filipino Nazis instituted major economic reforms, privatizing much of the Philippine economy. This had helped the Philippine economy recover from the fallout caused by the communist regime.
Although China lost most its war against the Soviet Union, it was able to take Japan and put Japan under its sphere of influence, albeit suffering heavy casualties. As a result of the restored Chinese morale, in 1980, Chinese forces drove Filipino forces out of their portion of Formosa. Beijing also sent arms supplies to the NPA to fight the Filipino government forces.
The Chinese takeover of Formosa was much opposed by citizens of China. However, with German and Soviet help, the Filipino forces returned to first, to retake their part of Formosa, and eventually, completely expel Chinese presence in Formosa.
The Indonesian invasion of British Borneo began, with Raja Suharto staging a false flag to justify his invasion of British Borneo. Datu Marcos took advantage of this, seeing this as a perfect opportunity to invade Sabah.
At first opposed to the Nazi rule in the Philippines, the Moros of Mindanao and Sulu found themselves fond of the regime, partly due it the Filipino Nazis' hatred of Spanish culture and influence. This saw many Moros joining the Filipino forces.
Datu Marcos placed Ameril Umbra Kato, to be the Maharajah of Mindanao, and Nur Misuari as the Maharajah of Sulu.
Philippine and Indonesian forces met in Papar, Sabah to discuss the partition of Borneo. Brunei became a puppet state of the Philippines.
Sabah became part of the Philippines, while Litigan and Sipadan, as well as Sarawak became part of Indonesia. This had expelled Malaysian presence out of Borneo. At this point, Philippines and Indonesia were the two predominant military powers of Southeast Asia.
The Royal Air Force of the United Kingdom sent aerial bombardments against Philippine and Indonesian naval forces in the Celebes Sea, and the Sulu Sea.
During the end of the Cold War, Germany announced the dissolution of its sphere of influence. However, the Philippines remained of the few loyal countries to Germany, and sent forces to Germany to combat the Coalition invasion. This led to the People Power Revolution against the Filipino Nazi regime. Ferdinand Marcos was overthrown, and replaced with the more moderate
History[]
The party was found in 1960 by Ferdinand Marcos, an anti-communist revolutionary opposed to the communist regime. Marcos had dreamed for pulling the Philippines out of the Chinese sphere of influence.
In 1962, after having suffering an attack on his village by the New People's Army, Marcos formed the Maharlika Group (Filipino: Grupong Maharlika, Malay: Kumpulan Merdeka), named after the ancient class consisting of "freedmen". Once-starting out as a group of approximately 303 people, it spread to other villages and eventually, groups began to established organized leaderships, with Ferdinand Marcos often becoming the focal point of authority.
At this point, Marcos formed the Maharlika Party. In 1963, after multiple incidents of armed standoffs and violent skirmished with the NPA, Marcos formed the Maharlika Army, the armed group of the party to go and attack the NPA. As the party spread to Visayas and Mindanao.
Ferdinand Marcos was caught and imprisoned by the NPA. While in prison, Marcos often read books, carefully observing Adolf Hitler's rise to power. It is prison where Marcos got his inspiration for his rise to power. He eventually wrote the book Mein Kampf II, a complement to Hitler's Mein Kampf. Despite the German title, the book was written solely in Filipino, with smuggled copies that were sent to Indonesia translated into Malay.
Marcos received the support of anti-communists from Indonesia, who under Mohammad Suharto, was in the process of expelling communists from Indonesia. Some copies however, were seized by British soldiers in North Borneo.
The news of Marcos' imprisonment led to an all-out war between the Maharlika Army and the New People's Army. In Visayas, Cebu-based groups formed the Lapu-Lapu Army (Filipino: Hukbong Lapu-Lapu, Cebuano: Kasundalohan Lapu-Lapu), who attacked government forces, as well as Chinese troops stationed in the island group. The Lapu-Lapu Army often raided and looted the homes and villages of wealthy Mestizo Filipinos.
In Metro Manila, Chinese-Filipinos opposed to the Chinese sphere of influence, as well as the Spanish influence formed the Limahong Guard (Filipino: Hukbong Limahong, Chinese: 利马洪卫队), named after the Chinese warlord Limahong, who was a fugitive in China, as well as a sworn enemy of the Spaniards.
Eventually, the entire nation was in rebellion against the communist government. After Marcos' release from prison, the Maharlika Army seized control of Manila, proclaiming Marcos as their leader. Marcos would become the president of the Philippines.
Similarly to "Führer" Adolf Hitler, "Duce" Benito Mussolini and "Raja" Mohammad Suharto, Ferdinand Marcos gave himself the title Datu.
Under Filipino Nazi rule, Marcos pulled the Philippines out of China's sphere of influence, and expelled Chinese troops from the country. He declared the NPA, and all of its affiliates and/or associates terrorist organizations, and purged the Philippine military of communists. Those wanting to remain in the armed forces had to renounce communism. In addition, Marcos also amassed the Philippine military, and hired German scientists to help set up concentration camps in the country.
Impressed with the Limahong and Lapu-Lapu Armies, Marcos publicly funded these paramilitary groups, giving them military-style equipment and training. They were renamed the Limahong and Lapu-Lapu Guards respectively, and more often than not, functioned alongside the government's armed forces. Marcos also formed and founded the National Defense (Filipino: Pambansang Pagtatanggol), or the PP forces. These three paramilitary groups, in their structure under Marcos were almost clones of the German SS.
Ideologies[]
Culture[]
The Nazi Party of the Philippines is culturally conservative, and Hispanophobe. The Filipino Nazis emphasize on returning the country to its pre-Hispanic culture. They also showed a strong infatuation with Malay culture, favoring the Philippines' Malay-influenced ancient past.
When the Philippines invaded Sabah, Marcos migrated millions of Muslim Filipinos to Sabah, similar to Hitler's policies of lebensraum. Despite showing former anti-Islam sentiment, Marcos eventually ended up using Muslim Filipinos to his advantage, deporting millions of Catholic Filipinos from Mindanao, half of them were never heard from again.
One of the biggest moves by Marcos was the revamping of the Filipino language, in which 2/3 of the Spanish loanwords were replaced with Malay counterparts. Using Spanish words would eventually become a misdemeanor under Marcos' regime.
Military[]
Having a big military, as well as strong paramilitary forces to support it, is one of the main driving components of the Nazi Party of the Philippines, just as it was in Germany. Having a military-run authority is essential to the Filipino Nazis' system of government.
During Marcos' rule, all males and females 18 years of age and older were required to serve a minimum of two years, in either the armed forces, or any of the government-recognized paramilitary forces.
Pgtirahan[]
Marcos' policies of pgtirahan is a near clone of Adolf Hitler's lebensraum. In fact, the Filipino word itself is a direct transliteration of the German word lebensraum, which translates into "living space". Like Hitler, Marcos relocated millions of Filipinos to conquered territories. As a result, many Filipinos reside in Micronesia, though many of these Filipinos have gone through some extent of assimilation.
Religion[]
Though the Nazi Party upheld religious freedom, it held a vehement anti-Catholic pogrom. From 1968 to 1975, the Lapu-Lapu Guard would have a lottery, of which church to destroy, and carried out random destruction on churches, even massacres on masses being held on Sundays.
The Nazi Party nearly outlawed Catholicism in 1972, however seeing that the Philippines was majorly Catholic, Marcos backed out.
Zionism[]
The Nazi Party of the Philippines, just like its German counterpart is extremely anti-Semitic and anti-Zionist, and shared its German counterpart's views on Jews.
Legacy[]
Although the Nazi Party has not had a leader in charge of the Philippine state ever since Ferdinand Marcos, it remains a popular legacy in the Philippines.
The structure that the Nazi Party introduced, such as the Datu being the Head of State rather than a "president".