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  2. List of wars involving the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Philippines (and allies) [b] Opponents [c] Results World War II (Pacific theater) (1941–1945) United States Philippine Commonwealth Empire of Japan. Philippines [e] (1943–1945) Allied and Commonwealth victory. Japanese occupation of the Philippines occurred but Allied forces regain control over the islands; Fall of Japan's puppet state

  3. Military history of the Philippines during the Marcos ...

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    The military history of the Philippines during the presidency of Ferdinand Marcos, especially the 14-year period between Marcos' proclamation of Martial Law in September 1972 and his eventual ouster through the People Power Revolution of 1986, was characterized by rapid changes linked to Marcos' use of the military as his "martial law implementor".

  4. Military history of the Philippines during World War II

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    The seizures of Korea, China and parts of Soviet Union, which had begun at the turn of the 20th century, had been taking an upswing. [5] The Japanese had been kept from realizing their goal of unifying or dominating the Asian lands by the presence of foreign military forces in the Philippines (United States), Hong Kong , Malaysia (United ...

  5. History of the Philippines (1898–1946) - Wikipedia

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    On October 11, 1945, the Philippines became one of the founding members of the United Nations. [134] [135] On July 4, 1946, the Philippines was officially recognized by the United States as an independent nation through the Treaty of Manila between the governments of the United States and the Philippine islands, during the presidency of Manuel ...

  6. Military history of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Wounded Japanese troops surrender to US and Filipino soldiers in Manila, 1945. The military history of the Philippines is characterized by wars between Philippine kingdoms [1] and its neighbors in the precolonial era and then a period of struggle against colonial powers such as Spain and the United States, occupation by the Empire of Japan during World War II and participation in Asian ...

  7. Battle of Jolo (1974) - Wikipedia

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    The battle of Jolo, also referred to as the burning of Jolo or the siege of Jolo, [3] was a military confrontation between the Moro National Liberation Front (MNLF) and the government of the Philippines [1] [4] in February 1974 in the municipality of Jolo, in the southern Philippines. [5] [2]

  8. Philippines says it did not consider invoking US pact over ...

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    MANILA (Reuters) -The Philippines did not consider invoking a mutual defence treaty with the United States after accusing China of disrupting a resupply mission in the disputed South China Sea ...

  9. Philippines–Russia relations - Wikipedia

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    The Soviet Union rose to power and replaced the Russian Empire after the October Revolution and the Russian Civil War and contacts between Soviet Russia and the Philippines were maintained through Comintern, Profintern and the Communist Party of the United States (since the Philippines was then a colony of the United States).