Battle of the Philippines (1941-42)

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 ** Battle of San Francisco de Malabon ** Battle of San Juan del Monte ** Kawit revolt ** Battle of Sambat **

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 cons ...

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 **

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 ** Battle of Kakarong de Sili ** Battle of Perez Dasmariñas ** Cry of Tarlac **

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 ** Battle of Alapan ** Negros Revolution * Battles of Manila (disambiguation) *The

Battle of Manila Bay The Battle of Manila Bay ( fil, Labanan sa Look ng Maynila; es, Batalla de Bahía de Manila), also known as the Battle of Cavite, took place on 1 May 1898, during the Spanish–American War. The American Asiatic Squadron under Commodo ...

(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 **

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 Capi ...

** Battle of Makahambus Hill ** Capture of Malolos ** Battle of Zapote River ** Battle of Quingua ** Battle of Calumpit ** Battle of Olongapo ** Battle of Pagsanjan ** 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 ** Battle of Mabitac **

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 A ...

** Battle of Agusan Hill ** 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 inva ...

on Luzon Island **The Battle of Corregidor 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 The Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19–20, 1944) was a major naval battle of World War II that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious in ...

** Raid at Cabanatuan **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Leyte (October – November '44) **The Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf (October '44) **The Naval Battle of Surigao Strait (October '44) **The Naval Battle off Samar (October '44) ** Battle of Bessang Pass **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's

Battle of Mindoro The Battle of Mindoro ( Filipino: ''Labanan sa Mindoro'') was a battle in World War II between forces of the United States and Japan, in Mindoro Island in the central Philippines, from 13–16 December 1944, during the Philippines Campaign. ...

**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 Allies of World War II, Allied Amphibious warfare, amphibious operation in the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Philippines during World War II. In t ...

(January '45) ** Battle of Samar **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Luzon **The Battle of Corregidor (1945) on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Manila (1945) **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of the Visayas **The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Mindanao ** Battle of Davao **

** Invasion of Palawan * 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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