The Huk was the name originally coined during the 1940s. It was during this time that a guerilla movement of USAFE and irregular troops battled with the occupying Japanese Army. It's 'official' name was the Hukbo ng Bayan Laban sa mga Hapon (Army of the Nation Against the Japanese) or the HUKBALAHAP or simply the Huk. However the movement never really dissolved after the Second World War, it continued to fight against the newly established Philippine Republic for a time until their leader Luis Taruc agreed to a peace treaty with Ramon Magsaysay.