List of wars involving the Philippines

For other conflicts that occurred in the Philippines, see List of conflicts in the Philippines.

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 Philippines Spanish Empire Victory
  • death of General Ernesto de Aguirre
Battle of Alapan (ImusCavite - 1898)  First Philippine Republic Philippines Spanish Empire Victory
Philippine War of Independence
(1895-1896)
Regular soldiers of the Philippine army stand at attention for the inspection.
 First Philippine Republic
 Sulu Sultanate
Philippines 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 Philippines 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)
 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
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 United Nations Command
Philippines 10th Bn Combat Team Philippine Expeditionary Forces
    • Dionisio S. Ojeda
China 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
Laos 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)
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 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)

PhilippinesUnited Nations 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

See also

References

Notes
  1. Grace Estela C. Mateo. "The Philippines : A Story of a Nation" (PDF). Scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
  2. Jerry Keenan (2001), Encyclopedia of the Spanish-American & Philippine-American wars, ABC-CLIO, p. 311, ISBN 978-1-57607-093-2
  3. "The Never Ending War in the Wounded Land: The New People's Army on Samar". University of Calgary. 12 November 2013.
  4. Pinoy peacekeepers will remain in Golan Heights
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