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Part of the Moro conflict and the War against the Islamic State. A building in Marawi is set ablaze by airstrikes carried out by the Philippine Air Force and the Naval Air Wing of the Philippine Navy. Date. May 23 – October 23, 2017. (5 months) Location. Marawi, Lanao del Sur, Philippines. 8°00′N 124°17′E / .
Establishment of First Philippine Republic. Philippine–American War. (1899–1902) Philippines. United States. American victory. The Philippines becomes an unincorporated territory of the United States. Collapse of the First Philippine Republic. Moro Rebellion.
Tomoyuki Yamashita. Tomoyuki Yamashita (山下 奉文, Yamashita Tomoyuki, 8 November 1885 – 23 February 1946; also called Tomobumi Yamashita [2]) was a Japanese convicted war criminal and general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Yamashita led Japanese forces during the invasion of Malaya and Battle of Singapore, his ...
The Philippines being one of the major theaters of World War II, has commissioned a number of monuments, cemeteries memorials, preserved relics, and established private and public museums, as well as National Shrines, to commemorate battles and events during the invasion, occupation, and liberation of the country. The United States and Japan ...
List of gangs in the Philippines. Notable criminally-active gangs in the Philippines include: Bahala Na Gang. Budol-Budol Gang [1] Dugo-Dugo Gang [1] Zephyrus Crew (Romblon) Kuratong Baleleng. Martilyo Gang [2]
Masaharu Homma (本間 雅晴, Honma Masaharu, November 27, 1887 – April 3, 1946) was a lieutenant general in the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. Homma commanded the Japanese 14th Army, which invaded the Philippines and perpetrated the Bataan Death March. After the war, Homma was convicted of war crimes relating to the actions of ...
General Tomoyuki Yamashita took the full blame and was charged with the Palawan massacre and other war crimes committed in the Philippines at his trial in 1945 under the doctrine of command responsibility. Under the principle that would later become known as the Yamashita Standard, he was convicted and hanged on 23 February 1946.
War reparations made pursuant to the San Francisco Peace Treaty with Japan (1951) include: reparations amounting to US$550 million (198 billion yen 1956) were made to the Philippines, and US$39 million (14.04 billion yen 1959) to South Vietnam; payment to the International Committee of the Red Cross to compensate prisoners of war (POW) of 4.5 ...