Philippines: Spain's crown jewel

If Japan grabs them in WWII wouldn't that almost have to bring the Spanish in on the side of the allies? A more likely result might be either that the Phillipines try to declare independence during the Spanish Civil War, if there is one, or the Japanese lean on the Spanish government for basing rights, ex. what happened in Vietnam with the French.

While it is likely for Spain to fight for them, it's not a guarantee. Japan invaded Macau, and Portugal stayed out of the war.
 

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If Japan grabs them in WWII wouldn't that almost have to bring the Spanish in on the side of the allies? A more likely result might be either that the Phillipines try to declare independence during the Spanish Civil War, if there is one, or the Japanese lean on the Spanish government for basing rights, ex. what happened in Vietnam with the French.
How about Japan allying with the US in 1898 and claiming the Philippines? I once started a WI about that.
 
They didn't accept defeat. The Revolutionaries are simply buying their time to start another one, but this time, foreign-aided.

They signed a treaty for which they renounced to their demands, deposed arms and their leaders marched into exile after receiving some money. If that isn't a capitulation, I don't know what it is. Though it is expectable there would be another uprising in the future it wasn't clear at all that it would be soon, nor it would be any foreign aid. The filipinos had not idea the Americans would declare war the next year. They received some weapons from the Japanese but that reation isn't comparable to the amount of help that the Americans gave to the Cubans at that time, for example.
 
If the PI were Spanish crown Jewels,
- Like British India?That would mean having some of the royal family coming over, then. The Propaganda movement of the late 19th C. didn't go for outright independence from Spain, they wanted PI to be a regular province of Spain, with representation in the Cortes. Most (educated) Filipinos were royalists at heart.
- Not only Europeans, but Indians and Chinese would be immigrating to the PI (sad truth is that the Malay majority, then as now, aren't too hot in entrepreneurship).
- Good outpost for the Spanish Foreign Legion, like Indochina was for the FFL.
- Makes no difference who runs the Philippines in WW2. Control of the sealanes of SEAsia rests on who controls the Philippines. Japanese might try to lean on Spain, although Spain might grant it only reluctantly at best. Remember, Spain was playing both sides of the coin in OTL WW2 by not invading Glib.
- Post WW2 would see a communist-inspired "liberation army" formed by Spanish Republicans who fled Europe and local guerillas. And US aid for the Spanish. (Indochina sound familiar?;))
 
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