List of wars involving the Philippines

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This is a list of direct armed conflicts involving the Philippines since its founding during the Philippine Revolution.^[1]

List

conflict	Combatant 1	Combatant 2	Results
Philippine Revolution
Battle of Imus (Imus Cavite September 1–3, 1896)	First Philippine Republic	Spanish Empire	Victory death of General Ernesto de Aguirre
Battle of Alapan (ImusCavite - 1898)	First Philippine Republic	Spanish Empire	Victory General Leopoldo Garcia Peña become prisoner of war.
Philippine War of Independence (1895-1896) Regular soldiers of the Philippine army stand at attention for the inspection.	First Philippine Republic  Sulu Sultanate	Spanish Colonial Government	Signing of Pact of Biak-na-Bato. (1895) Establishment of First Philippine Republic with Emilio Aguinaldo as the first President Official establishment of the Philippine Revolutionary Army (1898)
First Republic-Commonwealth Periods
Siege of Baler (Baler, Aurora July 1, 1898 – June 2, 1899)	First Philippine Republic	Spanish Empire  United States	Victory Baler held beyond official cessation of hostilities and cession of Philippine Islands; Failure of American relief efforts; Negotiated armistice June 2, 1899
Battle of Balantang (Balantang, Jaro, Iloilo March 10, 1899)	First Philippine Republic	United States	Filipino Victory Filipino troops retaking Jaro from the Americans.
Battle of Paye (December 19, 1899)	First Philippine Republic	United States	Initial Filipino Victory
Battle of Pulang Lupa (1900)	First Philippine Republic	United States	Filipino Victory
Battle of Mabitac (1900) Gen.Juan Cailles.	First Philippine Republic	United States	Filipino Victory
Siege of Catubig April 15–April 19, 1900	First Philippine Republic	United States	Filipino guerillas force US from town after 4 days but at high cost
Battle of Makahambus Hill June 4, 1900	First Philippine Republic	United States	Filipino victory
Battle of Tirad Pass[2] (December 2, 1899) Gen.Gregorio del Pilar and his troops, around 1898.	First Philippine Republic	United States	Defeat Fall of the defence line death of General Gregorio del Pilar
Philippine–American War 1900-1901	First Philippine Republic  Sulu Sultanate	United States	Fall of the First Republic General Emilio Aguinaldo was captured and exiled. The establishment of the Insular Government.
Second World war
Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1941-1942) Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1942-1944) Allied liberation of the Philippines (1944-1945) Japanese Troops surrender to the 40th Infantry Division.	Philippine Commonwealth  United States Hukbalahap (Co-belligerent)	Empire of Japan  Second Philippine Republic	Defeat Fall of Bataan and Corregidor. Around the Japanese Invasion. Surrender of Filipino-American forces from the Japanese. Retreat Ongoing Commonwealth Military and Guerrilla war against Japanese occupation forces Victory Japanese forces on Philippines surrender by the Allied forces
Battle of Bataan (January 7-April 9, 1942) Battle of Corregidor (May 5–6, 1942)	Philippine Commonwealth  United States	Empire of Japan	Defeat Fall of Bataan and Corregidor during the Japanese Invasion. Surrender of Filipino-American forces to the Japanese.
Battle of Manila (February 3-March 3, 1945) A Sherman tank at the ruins of the Fort Santiago gate in Intramuros, February 28, 1945. .	Philippine Commonwealth  United States	Empire of Japan	Allied victory American troops and Filipino resistance liberate Santo Tomas Internment Camp, while the Filipino troops under the Commonwealth Army units are did not send and operated. Liberated Malacanang Palace from the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division and the Filipino guerrillas, while the Filipino troops under the Commonwealth Army units are did not send and operated. Sending of all 48,000 to 85,000 Filipino troops and military officers of the Philippine Commonwealth Army from the General Headquarters and Military Camp Base in Central and Southern Luzon and become to combat operated for the liberating battles in Manila and aiding guerrillas and Americans was attacking invaded from the Japanese Imperial Marines and Army forces. Fall of Old Spanish Walled City of Intramuros from the joint American and Filipino ground troops aiding resistance force. End for the Battle for the Liberation of Manila was finally cleared, U.S. and Filipino troops liberated around the capital city from the Japanese.
Battle of Bessang Pass (June 14, 1945)	Philippine Commonwealth  United States	Empire of Japan	Victory Notable of First Filipino military victory during the liberation campaign
Cold War era
Hukbalahap Rebellion (1942-1954)	Philippines  United States	Hukbalahap	Philippine government victory Huk rebellion ends
Korean War (1950-1953)	United Nations Command including forces from:  South Korea  United States  United Kingdom  Canada  Turkey  Australia  Ethiopia  Philippines  New Zealand  Thailand  Greece  France  Colombia  Belgium  South Africa  Netherlands  Luxembourg	North Korea  Soviet Union  China	Korean Armistice Agreement leading to division of the Korean peninsula with the establishment of separate North Korea and South Korea nations and the Korean Demilitarized Zone between countries.
Battle of Yultong (Yultong, South Korea 1951)	United Nations Command 10th Bn Combat Team Philippine Expeditionary Forces Dionisio S. Ojeda	44th Division PVA (under Xiang Shouzhi)	US 3rd Infantry Division successfully withdraws
Vietnam war
Vietnam War (1964–1973) Masscared villager in hong Nhi and Phong Nut village, Quang Nam Province	South Vietnam  United States  South Korea  Thailand  Australia  New Zealand  Philippines Kingdom of Laos  Cambodia	North Vietnam Viet Cong Khmer Rouge Pathet Lao  North Korea  China  Soviet Union	Paris Peace Accords lead to withdrawal of American forces from Indochina. Communist governments take power in South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos
1969 - Present
Moro insurgency (March 29, 1969 – present) Operation Enduring Freedom in the Philippines (January 15, 2002 – ongoing) M101 howitzer was widely use as the artillery in the operation against the Moro insurgencies in Mindanao.	Philippines  United States (advisers)	Moro National Liberation Front (until 1996) Moro Islamic Liberation Front (until 2014) Abu Sayyaf Other Islamist groups	Cessation of armed conflict between the Government and MNLF/MILF Ongoing conflict between the Government and Jihadist groups — Abu Sayyaf, Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters, and others
CPP-NPA-NDF rebellion (1969 - present)[3]	Philippines	Communist Party of the Philippines New People's Army National Democratic Front	Indefinite Ceasefire declared
1990 Mindanao crisis (October 4 – 6, 1990)	Philippines	Federal Republic of Mindanao	Philippine government victory Arrest of Col. Alexander Noble Disestablishment of the Federal Republic of Mindanao
Capture of UN peacekeepers - Golan Heights, March 6 and May 7, 2013 by Syrian rebel forces (part of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force)	UN peacekeeping forces - Philippine contingent	Yarmouk Martyrs Brigade	Filipino peacekeepers released after UN intervention.[4]
Zamboanga City crisis (September 9–28, 2013) The Zamboanga City Hall where the MNLF intended to hoist the Bangsamoro Republik flag.	Philippines	Bangsamoro Republik / Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF)	Philippine government victory Dissolution of the Bangsamoro Republik

Gallery

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  Inauguration of the First Republic
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  Soldiers at the Siege of Baler
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  Philippine Army in the Philippine–American War, (at the battle of Paceo - 1900)
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  Filipino Soldiers outside Manila,1899.
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  The coffins of fallen American Soldiers, (1906).
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  a World War II Propaganda poster of Philippine Army of its Resistance against the Japanese Invasion. (1941)
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  Defence of a Filipina Woman's Honour, A World War II Propaganda painting by Fernando Amorsolo
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  A Sherman tank in the Battle of Manila (1945)
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  Korean War (1950s)
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  The massacred villagers of Phong Nhi (Vietnam war).
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  a Moro insurgent of the Islamic (Moro) insurgency at Mindanao.
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  Philippine Marine Private Damaranan rushes up a small ditch to engage role-playing enemy forces while Staff Sgt. John Ross of 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit provides communication during amphibious landing training of Balikatan Exercise.

See also

• Military history of the Philippines
• List of conflicts in the Philippines

References

Notes

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• This article incorporates public domain text from the Library of Congress July 1994, Retrieved on 11 November 2008

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