Battle Of The Philippines (1941-1942)

Battle of the Philippines may refer to several wars, military campaigns, and major battles which have been fought in the Philippine Islands, including: *Spanish conquest **

Battle of Bangkusay Channel The Battle of Bangkusay ( fil, Labanan sa Ilog Bangkusay; es, Batalla de Bangkusay), on June 3, 1571, was a naval engagement that marked the last resistance by locals to the Spanish Empire's occupation and colonization of the Pasig River delta, ...

1582 Cagayan battles The 1582 Cagayan battles were a series of clashes between the forces of the Spanish Philippines led by Captain Juan Pablo de Carrión and wokou (possibly led by Japanese pirates) headed by Tay Fusa. These battles, which took place in the vicini ...

** Tondo Conspiracy ** Bankaw revolt **

Battle of Puerto de Cavite The naval Battle of Puerto de Cavite ( es, La Batalla del Puerto de Cavite; Filipino: ''Labanan sa Puerto ng Cavite'') took place on 10 June 1647 during the Eighty Years' War between a Spanish fleet and a Dutch fleet in Puerto de Cavite, an im ...

* Philippine revolts against Spain *The Philippine Revolution (1896–98), called the "Tagalog War" by the Spanish, a military conflict between the people of the Philippines and the Spanish colonial authorities **

Battle of San Mateo and Montalban The Battle of San Mateo and Montalban was a battle fought between the remaining '' Katipuneros'' under the command of Andres Bonifacio and Emilio Jacinto and the Spanish government after a failed attempt to capture the El Deposito water works ...

** Battle of San Francisco de Malabon **

Battle of San Juan del Monte The Battle of San Juan del Monte also refers as ''"Battle of Pinaglabanan"'' took place on August 30, 1896. It is considered as the first major battle of the Philippine Revolution, which sought Philippine independence from Spain. The first bat ...

** Kawit revolt **

Battle of Sambat The Battle of Sambat ( fil, Labanan sa Sambat, es, Batalla de Sambat) was the culminating battle of the first revolts of the Katipunan in Laguna. The battle was the final major action for the Katipunan chapter of "''Maluningning''" ending in th ...

Battle of Pateros The Battle of Pateros refers to a series of skirmishes between Spanish troops and revolutionary forces in the towns of Las Piñas, Taguig and Pateros in Manila. These skirmishes occurred shortly after the execution of José Rizal and are consi ...

Battle of Camalig The Battle of Camalig in Albay province, Philippines, was fought on April 2, 1898 between the forces of colonial Spanish government in Bicol Region and Bicolanos under Bicolano revolutionaries General Vito Belarmino (the Zone Commander of Katipun ...

Battles of Batangas The Battles of Batangas ( fil, Labanan sa Batangas, es, Batalla de Batangas) were fought on October 23, 1896, in the towns of Lemery, Batangas, Lemery, Laurel, Batangas, Bayungyungan, Calaca, Batangas, Calaca, and Taal, Batangas, Taal in Batanga ...

Battle of Talisay The Battle of Talisay in Batangas province, Philippines, was fought during the Philippine Revolution on October 12, 1896, that led to Filipino victory. Background The Filipinos, by the time the revolution began, Batangas was already a hotspot ...

** Battle of Pasong Tamo ** Battle of Imus **

Battle of Binakayan-Dalahican A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

Battle of Kakarong de Sili The Battle of Kakarong de Sili was fought on January 1, 1897, at Pandi, Bulacan, in the Philippines. The Kakarong Republic, based in the little fort in Pandi, was attacked by a force of Spaniards who massacred the Katipuneros there. At the end o ...

Battle of Perez Dasmariñas The Battle of Perez Dasmariñas ( fil, Labanan sa Perez Dasmariñas, es, Batalla de Perez Dasmariñas) was a battle of the Philippine Revolution. It occurred during the Cavite Offensive of 1897, commanded by Maj. Gen. Jose de Lachambre under ...

Cry of Tarlac {{Campaignbox Philippine Revolution The Cry of Tarlac ( fil, Sigaw sa Tarlac, es, Gritos de Tarlac) was an uprising led by General Francisco Macabulos in La Paz, Tarlac in January 1897. Although the province of Tarlac was already classified to b ...

Battle of Zapote Bridge (1897) The Battle of Zapote Bridge was fought on February 17, 1897, as part of the Philippine Revolution. Filipino revolutionary forces led by General Emilio Aguinaldo defeated Spanish forces under the command of Governor-General Camilo de Polavieja ...

Battle of Calamba The Battle of Calamba ( fil, Labanan sa Calamba, es, Batalla de Calamba) was a battle fought between Filipino Revolutionaries in Laguna in the Philippines and the colonial forces of the Spanish Empire. Background Emilio Aguinaldo had returned ...

Battle of Tayabas The siege of Tayabas ( fil, Pagkubkob sa Tayabas, es, Sitio de Tayabas) was a 2-month campaign of the Philippine Revolution that saw intense guerrilla warfare and bloodshed for the province. The battle occurred shortly after Aguinaldo's return ...

Battle of Tres de Abril A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

Siege of Zamboanga The siege of Fort Pilar was fought between April and May 1898 on then-town of Zamboanga in Mindanao as a part of the Philippine Revolution. One of the only few actions against Spanish colonials forces in Mindanao, the victory brought about by ...

** Battle of Alapan **

Negros Revolution The Negros Revolution ( fil, Himagsikang Negrense; ceb, Rebolusyong Negrense; es, Revolución negrense), commemorated and popularly known as the Fifth of November ( es, links=no, Cinco de noviembre) or Negros Day ( hil, Adlaw sang Negros; ce ...

* Battles of Manila (disambiguation) *The Battle of Manila Bay (1898) during the Spanish–American War *The

Philippine–American War The Philippine–American War or Filipino–American War ( es, Guerra filipina-estadounidense, tl, Digmaang Pilipino–Amerikano), previously referred to as the Philippine Insurrection or the Tagalog Insurgency by the United States, was an arm ...

(1899–1902), an armed conflict between the Philippines and the United States ** Battle of Caloocan **

Battle of Tirad Pass The Battle of Tirad Pass ( es, Batalla de Paso Tirad; tgl, Labanan sa Pasong Tirad; ilo, Gubat ti Paso), sometimes referred to as the "Philippine Thermopylae", was a battle in the Philippine–American War fought on December 2, 1899, in northe ...

Battle of Santo Tomas The Battle of Santo Tomas ( fil, Labanan sa Santo Tomas, es, Batalla de Santo Tomás) was fought on May 4, 1899, in Santo Tomas, Pampanga, during the Philippine–American War. During this battle, General Antonio Luna, the commander of the Fili ...

Battle of Cagayan de Misamis The Battle of Cagayan de Misamis was fought on April 7, 1900, in the town of Cagayan de Misamis (now Cagayan de Oro) in Mindanao, Philippines, during the Philippine–American War. The Filipinos were under the command of General Nicolas Ca ...

** Battle of Makahambus Hill **

Capture of Malolos The Capture of Malolos ( fil, Labanan para sa Malolos), also known as the Battle of Malolos, occurred on March 31, 1899, in Malolos, Bulacan, during the Philippine–American War. General Arthur MacArthur Jr.'s division advanced to Malolos alon ...

Battle of Zapote River The Battle of Zapote River ( fil, Labanan sa Ilog ng Zapote, es, Batalla de Rio de Zapote), also known as the Battle of Zapote Bridge, was fought on the 13 June 1899 between 1,200 Americans and between 4,000~5,000 Filipinos.U.S. War Dept (1900), ...

** Battle of Quingua ** Battle of Calumpit ** Battle of Olongapo **

Battle of Pagsanjan The Battle of Pagsanjan was a small skirmish between the 1st Battalion of Sharpshooters, under the command of Brigadier General Charles King, and Philippine Nationalists led by Col. Pedro Caballes during the Laguna Campaign of the Philippine–A ...

** Battle of Paete **

Battle of Santa Cruz (1899) This Battle of Santa Cruz was a battle fought in the early stages of the Philippine–American War during General Henry W. Lawton's Laguna de Bay campaign. Background After defeating the Filipino nationalists at the second battle of Manila, Ge ...

Battle of Paye The Battle of Paye was a battle during the Philippine–American War between the United States and the Philippines. It was fought on January 31, 1900, at Sitio Paye near Barangay Balimbing in the town of Boac, Marinduque , officially the ...

Battle of Mabitac The Battle of Mabitac ( fil, Labanan sa Mabitac, es, Batalla de Mabitac) was an engagement in the Philippine–American War, when on September 17, 1900, Filipinos under General Juan Cailles defeated an American force commanded by Colonel Benjami ...

Battle of Pulang Lupa The Battle of Pulang Lupa ( fil, Labanan sa Pulang Lupa, es, Batalla de Tierra Roja) was an engagement fought on September 13, 1900, during the Philippine–American War, between the forces of Colonel Maximo Abad and Devereux Shields, in which ...

Battle of Agusan Hill Battle of Agusan Hill, May 14, 1900. Capt. Walter B. Elliott, CO of Company I, 40th Infantry Regiment USV, with 80 men proceeded to the village of Agusan, about 16 kilometers west of Cagayan de Misamis town proper, to dislodge about 500 guerill ...

** Battle of Balangiga **

Battle of Siranaya The Battle of Siranaya was a battle fought between the Philippines and the United States during the Philippine–American War. Leonard Wood led a force against Datu Ali in the Cotabato Valley in retaliation for refusing to obey an antislavery l ...

*The

Philippines campaign (1941–1942) The Philippines campaign ( fil, Kampanya sa Pilipinas, es, Campaña en las Filipinas del Ejercito Japonés, ja, フィリピンの戦い, Firipin no Tatakai), also known as the Battle of the Philippines ( fil, Labanan sa Pilipinas) or the Fa ...

, the conquest of the Philippine Islands by the Japanese Empire during World War II in December '41 – May '42, including these significant battles: **The

Battle of Bataan The Battle of Bataan ( tl, Labanan sa Bataan; January 7 – April 9, 1942) was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invas ...

on Luzon Island **The

Battle of Corregidor The Battle of Corregidor (; ), fought on May 5–6, 1942, was the culmination of the Japanese campaign for the conquest of the Commonwealth of the Philippines during World War II. The fall of Bataan on April 9, 1942, ended all organized o ...

of 1942 on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay **

Japanese invasion of Davao The Japanese Invasion of Davao (Filipino: ''Paglusob ng mga Hapones sa Davao, Jolo at Arkipelago ng Sulu'', Cebuano: ''Pagsulong sa Hapon sa Davao, Jolo ug Kapuloan sa Sulu'') and on Jolo in the Sulu Archipelago on 19 December 1941 was one in a ...

*The

Philippines campaign (1944–1945) Philippines campaign may refer to various military campaigns that have been fought in the Philippine Islands, including: Spanish colonial period (1565–1898) *Numerous revolts against Spain during the Spanish colonial period; see Philippine revol ...

, the long American and Filipino land, sea, and aviation campaigns of October '44 through August '45. Major battles in this campaign included: ** Battle of the Philippine Sea **

Raid at Cabanatuan The Raid at Cabanatuan ( fil, Pagsalakay sa Cabanatuan), also known as the Great Raid ( fil, Ang Dakilang Pagsalakay, link=no), was a rescue of Allied prisoners of war (POWs) and civilians from a Japanese camp near Cabanatuan, Nueva Ecija, Phi ...

**The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Leyte (October – November '44) **The Naval

Battle of Leyte Gulf The Battle of Leyte Gulf ( fil, Labanan sa golpo ng Leyte, lit=Battle of Leyte gulf; ) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fou ...

(October '44) **The Naval

Battle of Surigao Strait The Battle of Leyte Gulf ( fil, Labanan sa golpo ng Leyte, lit=Battle of Leyte gulf; ) was the largest naval battle of World War II and by some criteria the largest naval battle in history, with over 200,000 naval personnel involved. It was fou ...

(October '44) **The Naval Battle off Samar (October '44) **

Battle of Bessang Pass The Battle of Bessang Pass ( fil, Labanan sa Pasong Bessang; ilo, Gubat ti Paso Bessang) was a major battle during the Philippines Campaign (1944–1945), Philippines Campaign of World War II. It was fought from 9 January through 15 June 1945 i ...

**The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Mindoro **The U.S. Army's

Invasion of Lingayen Gulf The Invasion of Lingayen Gulf ( fil, Paglusob sa Golpo ng Lingayen), 6–9 January 1945, was an Allied amphibious operation in the Philippines during World War II. In the early morning of 6 January 1945, a large Allied force commanded by Admira ...

(January '45) ** Battle of Samar **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Luzon **The

Battle of Corregidor (1945) The Battle for the Recapture of Corregidor (Filipino: ''Labanan para sa Corregidor''), which occurred from the 16th to the 26th of February, 1945, pitted American forces against the defending Japanese garrison on the island fortress. The Ja ...

on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's

Battle of Manila (1945) The Battle of Manila ( fil, Labanan sa Maynila; ja, マニラの戦い; es, Batalla de Manila; ) was a major battle of the Philippine campaign of 1944–45, during the Second World War. It was fought by forces from both the United States and ...

**The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's

Battle of the Visayas 250px, Map of U.S. operations in Southern Philippines, 1945 250px, Japanese troops surrender to the 40th Division, September 1945 The Battle of Visayas (Filipino: ''Labanan sa Visayas;'' Visayan languages: ''Gubat sa Kabisay-an'') was fought by ...

**The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Mindanao **

Battle of Davao The Battle of Davao (Filipino: ''Labanan sa Davao;'' Cebuano: ''Gubat sa Davao'') was a major battle in which American and Philippine Commonwealth troops including locally organized guerrillas fought the Japanese to liberate the city of Davao. ...

** Battle of Mindoro **

Invasion of Palawan The Invasion of Palawan (Filipino: ''Paglusob sa Palawan''), was fought by U.S. liberation forces against the Japanese from 28 February to 22 April 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and part of th ...

* Zamboanga Siege 2013 *

2017 Bohol clashes The 2017 Bohol clashes were armed conflicts that took place in April and May 2017 between Philippine security forces and Moro ISIL-affiliated militants led by members of the Abu Sayyaf in Inabanga, Bohol, Philippines. Three Philippine Army soldi ...

*The

Battle of Marawi The siege of Marawi ( fil, Pagkubkob sa Marawi), also known as the Marawi crisis (), and the Battle of Marawi (), was a five-month-long armed conflict in Marawi, Philippines, that started on May 23, 2017, between Philippine government security ...

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