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Transfer[edit]

The material from this page was transferred to the more appropriate Talk:Military history of the Philippines during World War II. --Noypi380 14:59, 30 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

B-class, really?[edit]

Hey, this article lacks a lot of conflicts involving Philippine history(ex. Philippine revolts against Spain, Islamic Insurgency in the Philippines, New People's Army insurgency). Can anyon improve it?--23prootie 03:30, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Be bold!. Edit and improve as you see fit. :) --Noypi380 10:49, 3 July 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Needed: Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945)[edit]

Hi. The Military history of the Philippines during World War II article is very sketchy and on its page there is a red link for an article about the Japanese occupation of the Philippines (1941-1945) a very important subject that is still needed as there are already articles about: the Japanese occupation of Burma; Japanese occupation of Hong Kong; Japanese occupation of Indonesia; Japanese occupation of Malaya, North Borneo and Sarawak and Japanese occupation of Singapore, so this gap is glaring. Anyone with and interest or expertise in this topic is welcome to start writing it. Thank you, IZAK (talk) 11:34, 28 December 2007 (UTC)[reply]

World War I[edit]

According to one history book, the colonial government donated one destroyer and one submarine to the US Navy during the Great War. Can anyone out there name these vessels? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.159.125 (talk) 10:10, 2 May 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See Filipinos in the French military and Filipinos WW1 US Military Service for additional information about Filipinos in World War 1. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 124.107.159.125 (talk) 09:50, 11 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The site about Filipinos in US military service during World War I, which has information about Filipinos in the Hawaii National Guard, is interesting but does not include any information about the Philippine National Guard. It should be recalled that during WW1 the Philippines and Hawaii were equal in status: they were both American colonies. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 121.96.178.84 (talk) 10:07, 25 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the 23 Filipinos who served in the French Foreign Legion during the Great War: It is likely that they all served in Europe during the war, because the only deployment of the Foreign Legion outside Europe in the 1914-1918 period was in Morocco. Almost all of the Legionnaires deployed in North Africa at that time came from countries of the Central Powers, because they obviously could not be expected to fight against their own side. By the way, these 23 Filipinos outnumber those Filipinos who served in the American Expeditionary Force, who numbered about 10.


— Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.76.54 (talk) 07:59, 9 October 2021 (UTC)[reply]

When the United States entered the First World War (1914-1918) to fight Germany, the Filipinos stopped their agitation for independence and cooperated with the American government in its war effort.

The Philippine Legislature organized the National Militia to train Filipino soldiers for service in the war. It offered 25,000 men to fight in Europe. About 6,000 Filipinos joined the United States Navy. In Hawaii more than 4,000 Filipinos, who could very well have claimed exemption under the citizenship clause of the draft law, insisted on joining the United States Army. Many Filipinos actually fought in France under the American flag. One of them was Private Tomas Claudio, who died gallantly in France on June 29, 1918.

Filipino citizens contributed P1,000,000 to the American Red Cross fund and subscribed about P40,000,000 in Liberty Bonds. Moreover, they offered to the United States Government a submarine and a destroyer for use in the war. They showed their loyalty to America in every possible way.

Zaide, Gregorio F. Philippine History: Development of Our Nation. Manila: Bookman, 1960.


Prior to World War I the station was the largest U.S. Marine Corps training facility in the world and most of the U.S. marines who fought in World War I secured training at Subic Naval Station.

United States Information Service. Background on the Bases: American Military Facilities in the Philippines. 1986. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 10:50, 19 November 2017 (UTC)[reply]


There are some streets in Metro Manila that bear names associated with World War I:


The streets listed above were within a 1930s suburban residential area known as Addition Hills Subdivision, which was managed by P. D. Carman Co., Ltd., a real estate company. An American businessman, Philip Durkee Carman was its managing partner. He had served in the US Army in WWI as a captain and a major, which explains why this area's streets bear names associated with a war in which America was a belligerent.[1] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.206 (talk) 04:51, 11 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]


The University of the Philippines Los Baños commemorates Loyalty Day, which has its origins in the Great War. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 14:06, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


On 9 November 1917, the S.S. Rizal which was a Tabacalera-owned cargo ship, was sunk by German submarine SM UB-50. The following year the Philippines donated a destroyer also named for Rizal to the US Navy. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 14:58, 29 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]


The opening of the Constabulary School in 1905 and the gradual Filipinization of the PC officer corps proved to be a wise and timely move on the part of the American military authorities. The replacement of American regular army officers by Filipino officers in the PC was hastened by the outbreak of World War I. When the United States entered the war on the side of the Allies, most of the American officers detailed to the Constabulary were recalled to their mother units in the U.S. Regular Army and the vacancies left by them were of necessity filled by Filipinos.

Among the American PC officers who joined the U.S. Expeditionary Forces to France were Generals Henry T. Allen, James G. Harbord, Harry H. Bandholtz, William C. Rivers and Herman Hall who, at one time or another served as PC Chief. All of the above-named generals served as general officers in World War I.

Another factor which hastened the Filipinization of the officer corps of the PC was the withdrawal of the longevity or "fogey" pay and all the extra compensation for dialect and special services. When these were withdrawn and the officers' base pay was reduced in 1916, many American officers then still with the PC left the service and joined American commercial establishments in Manila while others set up their own businesses.

The rapid Filipinization of the PC officer corps triggered a veritable race to the top position of Chief among the senior Filipino officers. The first Filipino officer to reach the top post in the insular police force was Brig. Gen. Rafael Crame, who was named PC Chief in December 1917. He served as PC Chief for some 10 years, the longest ever in the history of the Constabulary.

Philippine Constabulary: 75 Years of Service to the Nation.


The Philippines, which in World War I was an American colony, had its own versions of the Victory Medal. There was a Philippine Constabulary Victory Medal, as well as a Philippine National Guard Victory Medal. According to one source, each medal had two different ribbons.[2][3][4][5] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 12:38, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]


The Great War victory medals of the Philippines, which in World War I was merely an American colony, are comparable to American WWI state service medals such as the Maryland World War I Service Medal and the New York World War I Service Medal, rather than the Victory Medal issued by various countries. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.206 (talk) 10:30, 18 February 2021 (UTC)[reply]


The Philippines wasn't the only colony that issued a victory medal, South Africa also had its own victory medal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 112.203.224.25 (talk) 05:22, 5 June 2022 (UTC)[reply]


". . . during World War I . . . German raiders [in the Philippines were supplied] with fuel and food."

Shalom, Stephen Rosskamm. The United States and the Philippines: A Study of Neocolonialism. Philadelphia: Institute for the Study of Human Issues, 1981; reprint ed., Quezon City: New Day Publishers, 1986. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 120.28.144.251 (talk) 15:05, 16 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]


Anzac Day, which has its origins in World War I, is commemorated annually in the Philippines by the embassies of Australia and New Zealand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.247 (talk) 09:08, 11 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]


Today [1920s], American domination is so firmly established that peace in the archipelago is maintained by only 12,000 American soldiers and 5,000 Filipino scouts. The Constabulary, which is at the disposal of the Philippine government, has never been utilized for repressive police operations, and the need for the Constabulary is nowhere in evidence.

During the [world] war, the Filipinos displayed perfect loyalty, and despite the withdrawal of the American garrison, the government in Washington did not have the slightest fear of an uprising.

Crokaert, Jacques. "Americans in the Philippines." In From Revolution to a Second Colonization: The Philippines under Spain and the United States, pp. 44-60. Translated by Marietta E. Guerrero. Manila: National Historical Institute, 1990. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.206 (talk) 05:43, 4 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Other effects of the World War[edit]

  • The Muslim-American conflict finally ended in 1917. At that time America entered the First World War "to make the world safe for democracy," and American troops in Mindanao and Sulu were evacuated to fight the Germans in Europe.
  • In 1914 the pensionado system was abolished owing to the First World War, but it was revived in 1919. (see Pensionado Act)
  • During and after the First World War our commerce and trade expanded. With the resulting material prosperity came more labor activity. On May 1, 1919, the Federacion del Trabajo de las Filipinas was organized. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.105.136.212 (talk) 02:16, 30 December 2022 (UTC)[reply]
  • The Great War created a shortage of currency in the Philippine Islands.
  • In 1916 the importation of foreign-made products declined by about 8 percent as a result of the effect that the European War had on European industries.
  • The Kaiser War caused a rise in the price of rice in the Philippine Islands.
  • The sugar boom of World War I caused an increase in the population of Iloilo City, which was a sugar entrepôt.
  • In the Western Visayas region, foreign capital investments during World War I provided the finance for construction of large centrifugal sugar factories, called centrals, and effectively industrialized the milling sector of the region's sugar industry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 122.3.27.247 (talk) 07:32, 26 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Sources consulted[edit]

  • Hofileña, Saul Jr. Under the Stacks. Manila: N.p., 2011.
  • McCoy, Alfred W., and de Jesus, Ed. C., eds. Philippine Social History: Global Trade and Local Transformations. Asian Studies Association of Australia Southeast Asia Publications Series, no. 7. Quezon City: Ateneo de Manila University Press, 1982.
  • Zaide, Gregorio F. Philippine History: Development of Our Nation. Manila: Bookman, 1960.

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The Philippines during Vietnam War[edit]

Was the "Philippine Civil Affairs Assistance Group" an alternate name for the Philippine Civic Action Group, Vietnam, or the name doesn't exist at all? Kevzspeare (talk) 06:04, 11 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Blanking of the "Philippine Revolution (1896-1898)" section[edit]

I've blanked this section. It was supported by a link to an archived article at http://web.archive.org/web/20060105090248/http://www.ncca.gov.ph/culture&arts/cularts/heritage/research/research-history.htm. A live version of that article is at http://www.ncca.gov.ph/about-culture-and-arts/articles-on-c-n-a/article.php?igm=2&i=190. The section was a near-copypaste of the page at that URL, with some apparent not-WP:NPOV and apparent WP:original research changes (e.g., "charged with sedition and treason" changed to "falsely charged with sedition and treason", "$400,000" changed to "$800,000", perhaps others). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 08:30, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Well spotted. Nick-D (talk) 08:34, 14 June 2011 (UTC)[reply]

Lacking lots of Visayan revolts and military campaigns[edit]

Lacking Visayan revolts and campaigns. To name a few:

1) Juan Diyo march in Cebu 2) Tamblot Revolt 3) Bankaw Revolt 4) Dagohoy Revolt 5) Babaylan Revolt 6) Negros Revolution 7) Pacification of Bohol 8) Cebu Revolution — Preceding unsigned comment added by 222.127.146.86 (talk) 18:07, 28 May 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Battle of Mactan Miseducation[edit]

The so called "Battle of Mactan" was not a war against foreign aggressors as pop historians love to point out. It was a "battle" between tribes: that of Rajah Humabon and Datu Zula, against Lapu-lapu. Rajah Humabon asked his newly found "allies", the Spaniards, to attack Lapu-Lapu's tribe and in the process help in subjugating them.

This was never a battle for freedom, it was merely a tribal war wherein one side was assisted by the Spaniards.--Arius1988 (talk) 04:34, 9 February 2016 (UTC)[reply]

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Filipinos in ETO[edit]

According to Gregorio Zaide, apart from Isidro Paredes serving in Europe in World War II, "Procopio Matayabas, a Filipino guitarist, served in General Montgomery's British Eighth Army during the North African and European campaigns. He survived the war. Manuel Varga, member of the anti-aircraft gun crew of the USS Altair, was killed during the Normandy landing in June, 1943. Alberto Galza, boatswain of the USS Delisle, risked his life on two occasions—in 1942 and 1943—and saved the life of his superior officer when the ship was torpedoed twice in the Atlantic. In recognition of his heroism, he was awarded on February 18, 1945, the Distinguished Service Medal of the U.S. Merchant Marine. The most decorated Filipino who fought on the European soil was First-Class Private Ramon Subejano, a sharpshooter of General George Patton's Army. He was credited to have killed 400 Germans. He survived the war, like Galza and Matayabas. He holds numerous decorations from the American, Belgian, and French Governments, including the Silver Star, the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, and the Combat Infantryman's Badge." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 09:51, 9 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

There were also Filipinos who served in the Atlantic with the U.S. Coast Guard.

Additionally, there are unconfirmed reports that some Filipinos and other Asians such as Koreans serving in the Japanese military were captured by the Soviets, and were conscripted into the Soviet military and were sent to the west to fight the Germans. These Filipinos were then captured by the Germans and conscripted into the German military. See Ostlegionen.

Filipino-Australians in WWII[edit]

Some Australians of Filipino ancestry served in the Australian military during World War II. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 119.93.253.199 (talk) 14:11, 23 September 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Filipino auxiliaries, mercenaries, soldiers of fortune, volunteers, etc.[edit]

List of foreign volunteers#Units by nationality 122.3.27.247 (talk) 05:57, 21 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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