Nieves Fernandez (born circa 1906) 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 110 fighters ...

Sep 15, 2020 · Nieves Fernandez was a school teacher in Tacloban. Her life was upturned when the Japanese invaded the Philippines in 1941. Her students call her “Miss Fernandez,” and she was very protective of them. Her fierce motherly instincts reared to the fore when the Japanese threatened to kill her students.

Mar 31, 2021 · Ultimately Captain Nieves Fernandez and her guerrilla group managed to kill 200 Japanese soldiers. Additionally, she holds the title of the first and only female guerrilla commander in the Philippines during WWII. Undoubtedly, Fernandez’s efforts played a significant role in the victory of the Allied forces in the Philippines.

Nov 24, 2021 · 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.

Aug 25, 2023 · In the heart of Leyte province in the Philippines, a seemingly ordinary schoolteacher was about to embark on an extraordinary journey that would etch her name in history. Nieves Fernandez, a name...

Sep 19, 2020 · Nieves Fernandez was a school teacher turned guerilla leader during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. Alone and armed with a makeshift shotgun and a ‘bolo,’ she stealthily ambushed Japanese soldiers in the jungle, thus; she was dubbed ‘The Silent Killer.’.

Nieves Fernandez is one of the lesser known Filipina guerrilla leaders. She is recorded by her peers and the local communities of Tacloban on the island of Leyte, as a simple Filipina school teacher who defended her homelands from the imperialist Japanese forces the moment her students were threatened to be taken away by Japanese soldiers.