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  1. 5 days ago · The Philippine–American War, [13] known alternatively as the Philippine Insurrection, FilipinoAmerican War, [a] or Tagalog Insurgency, [14] [15] [16] was fought between the First Philippine Republic and the United States from February 4, 1899, until July 2, 1902. [17] Tensions arose after the United States annexed the Philippines under the ...

  2. 5 days ago · 2 destroyers sunk [9] The Spanish–American War [b] (April 21 – December 10, 1898) began in the aftermath of the internal explosion of USS Maine in Havana Harbor in Cuba, leading to United States intervention in the Cuban War of Independence. The war led to the United States emerging predominant in the Caribbean region, [15] and resulted in ...

  3. 6 days ago · This began the Philippine–American War, which would cost far more money and take far more lives than the Spanish–American War. Some 126,000 American soldiers would be committed to the conflict; 4,234 Americans died, [339] as did 12,000–20,000 Philippine Republican Army soldiers who were part of a nationwide guerrilla movement of at least ...

  4. 3 days ago · The subsequent collapse of the Japanese defenses around Balikpapan deprived Japan of the oil supplies of southern Borneo. World War II - Philippines, Borneo, 1944: On July 27–28, 1944, Roosevelt had approved MacArthur's argument that the next objective in the Pacific theatre of the war should be the Philippine Archipelago.

  5. 3 days ago · Philippines - US Influence, Colonialism, Revolution: The juxtaposition of U.S. democracy and imperial rule over a subject people was sufficiently jarring to most Americans that, from the beginning, the training of Filipinos for self-government and ultimate independence—the Malolos Republic was conveniently ignored—was an essential rationalization for U.S. hegemony in the islands.

  6. 4 days ago · The Philippine Insurrection, also known as the Philippine-American War, is a forgotten chapter in America’s history, even though it lasted over three years and claimed 4,200 American lives ...

  7. 2 days ago · The changing character of Philippine–U.S. relations was a major theme in Philippine history for the first several decades after the war. The trend was toward weakening of the link, achieved partly by diversifying Philippine external ties and partly by more articulate anti-American feeling.

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