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Conflict East Asia

Philippine-American War

1899 CE – 1902 CE · 3 years

After the U.S. acquired the Philippines from Spain, Filipino independence forces fought a guerrilla war against American occupation. The brutal conflict killed an estimated 200,000-1,000,000 Filipino civilians and marked the U.S.'s entry into imperial colonialism.

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Philippine–American War on Wikipedia.

Belligerents

The main peoples, kingdoms and states involved.

  • United States
  • First Philippine Republic (Aguinaldo)

Key moments

Defining events in the Philippine-American War.

  1. 1899 Battle of Manila
  2. 1899 Battle of Tirad Pass
  3. 1901 Balangiga Massacre

Elsewhere in East Asia at the time

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