List of wars involving the Philippines

For other conflicts that occurred in the Philippines, see List of conflicts in the Philippines.

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.

List

Legend

  Philippine victory

  Philippine defeat

  Stalemate

  Ongoing conflict

Spanish colonial era

Wars involving the Philippines from the Philippine Revolution until the United States-Philippines War.

Conflict [a]	Philippines (and allies) [b]	Opponents [c]	Results
Philippine Revolution (1896-1899)	1896–1897 Katipunan Sovereign Tagalog Nation (until March 1897) Tejeros Government (March–November 1897) Republic of Biak-na-Bato (November–December 1897) 1898 Philippine Revolutionaries Dictatorial Government (May–June) Revolutionary Government (from June) United States (May) 1899 First Philippine Republic	1896–1897   Spain Captaincy General of the Philippines Province of La Pampanga 1898   Spain Captaincy General of the Philippines Province of La Pampanga 1899 United States	Inconclusive [d] Philippine Declaration of Independence from Spain Philippine–American War started soon after Cession of Philippine sovereignty by Spain to the United States through the Treaty of Paris Filipinos control all of the Philippines except Manila and the port city of Cavite el Nuevo
Philippine–American War (1899–1913)	1899–1902: [e]   Philippine Republic Negros Republic Zamboanga Republic Japanese volunteers 1902–1913: Tagalog Republic (until 1906) Maguindanao Sultanate (until 1905) Sulu Sultanate	1899–1902: United States United States Military Government of the Philippine Islands 1902–1913: United States Insular Government of the Philippine Islands	American victory American occupation of the Philippines fully established; dissolution of the First Philippine Republic Philippine Organic Act The Philippines becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States and later, a U.S. Commonwealth (until 1946).
Moro Rebellion (1902–1913)	United States Insular Government	Sultanate of Sulu Maguindanao Sultanate Lanao Confederacy First Philippine Republic (until 1901)	AmericanAmerican victory [2] Total annexation of the Philippine Islands Formation of the Department of Mindanao and Sulu

American colonial era

Wars involving the United States-administered Philippines until July 4, 1946.

Conflict [a]	Philippines (and allies) [b]	Opponents [c]	Results
World War II (Pacific theater) (1941–1945 [f] [4] )	Allies China United States United Kingdom See § Participants	Axis   Japan See § Participants	Allied victory Allied occupation of Japan Removal of Japanese troops from China and retrocession of Taiwan to China Liberation of Korea and Manchuria, followed by the division of Korea Cession of Japanese-held islands in the Central Pacific Ocean to the United Nations, organized as the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands Seizure and annexation of South Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands by the Soviet Union

Post-Independence era

Wars involving the Philippines from July 4, 1946 until today.

Conflict [a]	Philippines (and allies) [b]	Opponents [c]	Results
Hukbalahap Rebellion (1942–1954)	Philippines	Hukbalahap	Philippine government victory
Kamlon rebellion (1948-1955)	Philippines	Kamlon's Forces	Philippine government victory Final surrender of Hadji Kamlon in 1955
Korean War (1950–1953) [5]	South Korea United States	North Korea China Soviet Union	Stalemate The Korean Peninsula remained divided into two states
	Philippines (combat support) [5]
Vietnam War (1964–1973) [6]	South Vietnam United States	North Vietnam Viet Cong and PRG China Soviet Union North Korea	North Vietnamese victory Unification of Vietnam
	Philippines(civic support) [7]
New People's Army Insurgency (1969–Present)	Government of the Philippines Supported by:  United States (advisors) [8]	Communist Party of the Philippines Supported by:  China (until 1976) [9]	Ongoing NTF-ELCAC implemented CPP-NPA leadership collapses Elimination of all major rebel "front" units Ongoing insurgency by NPA remnants
Moro conflict (1968 [10] –2019)	Philippines Supported by: United States (advisors) [11] Australia [12] [13] Indonesia [14] [15] Malaysia (since 2001) [14] [16] [17] [18] Russia [19] China [20] International Monitoring Team (IMT) Brunei Indonesia Japan Libya Malaysia Norway European Union Ilaga	Bangsamoro MNLF (until 1996) [21] MILF (until 2014) Former support: Libya (until 2011) [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] Malaysia (until 2001) [28] [29] [30] NDFP MRLO Jihadist groups BIFF ASG (1991–2024) Maute group (2013–2017) [31] [32] [33] AKP (2014 – c. 2021) KIM (2011–2013) [34] Rajah Sulaiman Movement (until 2005) [35] [36]	Peace agreements declared between the Government and the MILF/MNLF Cessation of hostilities with the MNLF and MILF Operation Enduring Freedom ended on 23 October 2017 [37] dealing a heavy blow to jihadist forces, reducing their numbers significantly [38] and recapturing all their territory Bangsamoro Transition Authority established to govern the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao until 2025 Ongoing ISIL insurgency and sporadic clashes between MILF loyalist militias and against the government The Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao was officially ratified on February 22, 2019, and replaced the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao [39]

Notes

1. Year indicates the duration of the Philippines' involvement in the war
2. Main combatants only. Minor involvement only included if it is by the Philippines
3. Main combatants only
4. The Spanish–American War intruded into the unresolved revolution and efforts to establish independence following its conclusion in the Treaty of Paris developed into the Philippine–American War.
5. The Philippine Republic was de jure dissolved in 1901 when Emilio Aguinaldo surrendered himself to the Americans and announce the Philippine people to lay down their weapons. However, his unofficial successor Miguel Malvar continued the fight without formal recognition of the people until his surrender in 1902.
6. Although Japan had been invading and occupying parts of China since 1937, war was not officially declared. Japan would later attack Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, which brought the contained war in China into the wider global conflict. ^[3]

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External links

• Wars of the Philippines