Philippines Campaign (1941%E2%80%9342)

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 revolts against Spain and Military history of the Philippines#Spanish colonial period (1565–1898)
*Various actions fought in the Philippines during the Eighty Years' War between Spain and the Netherlands; see "Eighty Years War (1568–1648)" at Military history of the Philippines#Spanish colonial period (1565–1898)
*The Limahong Campaign (1573–1575), an attempt by the Chinese pirate Limahong to seize northern Luzon from Spanish authorities
*Various actions fought in the Philippines during the Seven Years War (1756–1763) between European powers; see Military history of the Philippines#Spanish colonial period (1565–1898) and Seven Years' War#Other Continents
*The Philippine Revolution (1896–1898), called the "Tagalog Revolt" by the Spanish, a military conflict between the people of the Philippines and the Spanish colonial authorities which resulted in the secession of the Philippines from the Spanish Empire

American colonial period (1898–1941)

*The American operations of May–August 1898 to conquer the Philippines from Spain during the Spanish–American War; see "Philippines" under "Pacific" at Spanish–American War#Theaters of operation
*The Philippine–American War (1899–1902), sometimes known as the Philippine War of Independence, an armed military conflict between the Philippines and the United States
*The Moro Rebellion (1899–1913), a military conflict between Muslim Filipino revolutionary groups and the United States

World War II (1941–1945) and the Japanese occupation (1942–1945)

*The Philippines campaign (1941–42), the World War II conquest of the Philippine Islands by Japan in 1941–1942 and the defense of the islands by Filipino and American forces
*The Philippine Commonwealth military and armed guerrilla resistance against occupying Japanese forces between 1942 and 1945 during World War II; see Japanese occupation of the Philippines
*The Philippines campaign (1944–45), the World War II Allied campaign of October 1944 – August 1945 to defeat Japanese forces occupying the Philippine Islands

Non-military uses

Philippines campaign may also refer to:

*The Campaign for Human Rights in the Philippines, a human rights watchdog group based in the United Kingdom

See also

* Military history of the Philippines
* Philippine Campaign Medal
* Philippines campaign medals

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