Battle of the Philippines may refer to several wars, military campaigns, and major battles which have been fought in the Philippine Islands, including:
- The Philippine Revolution (1896 - 98), called the "Tagalog War" by the Spanish, a military conflict between the people of the Philippines and the Spanish colonial authorities
- The Battle of Manila Bay (1898) during the Spanish American War
- The Philippine–American War (1899 - 1902), sometimes known as the "Philippine War of Independence", an armed conflict between the Philippines and the United States
- The Philippines Campaign (1941–1942), the conquest of the Philippine Islands by the Japan Empire during World War II in December '41 - May '42, including these significant battles:
- The Battle of Bataan on Luzon Island
- The Battle of Corregidor of 1942 on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay
- The Philippines Campaign (1944–45), the long American and Filipino land, sea, and aviation campaign of October '44 though August '45 over allied combantants. Major battles in this campaign included:
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Leyte (October - November '44)
- The Naval Battle of Leyte Gulf (October '44)
- The Naval Battle of Surigao Strait (October '44)
- The Naval Battle off Samar (October '44)
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Mindoro
- The U.S. Army's Battle of Lingayen Gulf (January '45)
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Luzon
- The Battle of Corregidor (1945) on Corregidor Island in Manila Bay
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Manila (1945)
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of the Visayas
- The U.S. Army's and Philippine Army's Battle of Mindanao
Famous quotes containing the words battle of and/or battle:
“The Battle of Waterloo is a work of art with tension and drama with its unceasing change from hope to fear and back again, change which suddenly dissolves into a moment of extreme catastrophe, a model tragedy because the fate of Europe was determined within this individual fate.”
—Stefan Zweig (18811942)
“In a time of war the nation is always of one mind, eager to hear something good of themselves and ill of the enemy. At this time the task of news-writers is easy, they have nothing to do but to tell that a battle is expected, and afterwards that a battle has been fought, in which we and our friends, whether conquering or conquered, did all, and our enemies did nothing.”
—Samuel Johnson (17091784)