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The raid has been celebrated as one of the most successful rescue operations in modern military history. It was the second precisely-executed raid by combined U.S.-Filipino forces within a month, following on the heels of the Raid at Cabanatuan at Luzon on 30 January, in which 522 Allied military POWs had been rescued. [1]: 4
Filipino defeat: Battle of Santa Cruz (1899) (Santa Cruz, Laguna, Philippines April 9–10, 1899) General Henry W. Lawton leading American forces at the Battle of Santa Cruz during the Laguna de Bay Campaign República Filipina. Juan Cailles [30] United States. Henry W. Lawton; Charles King; Filipino defeat: Battle of Pagsanjan
This is a list of direct armed conflicts involving the Philippines since its founding during the Philippine revolution. [1] This excludes battles widely regarded to be part of a larger war and isolated military engagements .
[6] [10] The camp had first been used as an American Department of Agriculture station and then a training camp for the Filipino army. [11] When the Japanese invaded the Philippines, they used the camp to house American POWs. It was one of three camps in the Cabanatuan area and was designated for holding sick detainees.
The Subic Bay minefield was laid in July 1941 and operated from Fort Wint, with the controlled Army mines in the ship channel, and naval mines to the sides of the channel. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] [ 20 ] On the night of 16–17 December 1941 the passenger ship SS Corregidor (formerly HMS Engadine ) hit a mine and sank near Corregidor Island.
The Bolo knife was the primary weapon used by the Katipunan during the Philippine Revolution. [18] It was also used by the Filipino guerrillas and bolomen during the Philippine–American War. [19] [20] the bolo serves as a symbol for the Katipunan and the Philippine Revolution, particularly the Cry of Pugad Lawin.
The Philippine 51st Division sent an engineering battalion south into the Bicol Peninsula to destroy bridges and to prevent railroad equipment from falling into the hands of the Japanese. The first American counterattack was a strafing attack on 12 December by two fighter aircraft of the Far East Air Force on the newly captured airstrip at ...
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 vicinity of the Cagayan River , finally resulted in a Spanish victory. [ 3 ]