Death Toll: 1,000,000 In 1908 Manuel Arellano Remondo, in General Geography of the Philippine Islands, wrote: “The population decreased due to the wars, in the five-year period from 1895 to 1900, since, at the start of the first insurrection, the popula
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Russia, with several of its ships in the South China Sea being caught in the crossfire, also imposed a naval blockade against the Allies in the waters around Korea, the Philippine Sea as well as the eastern Mediterranean around the Suez choke point, in support of China, while also ...
Also ranks #12 on The Best Prisoner of War Movies Also ranks #31 on The Best War Movies Of The 1980s Also ranks #64 on The Greatest Movies in World Cinema History 10 Emperor Matthew Fox, Tommy Lee Jones, Eriko Hatsune 57 votes Set after the conclusion of World War II, this political...
A second rifle company of two officers and 102 enlisted men arrived in Shanghai, China from Cavite, Philippine Islands to reinforce the US 4th Marine Regiment; the first company of identical strength had arrived 7 days prior. [Shanghai | CPC] Japanese aircraft sank Chinese vessel Jiaori. [CP...
NOTE: This African-American had served in the storied Buffalo Soldiers during campaigns against the Native Americans in the west prior to the Spanish-American War. After that conflict, Baker served in the Philippine War (1899-1902) and the subsequent campaigns against the Moros and others.Continue...
A second rifle company of two officers and 102 enlisted men arrived in Shanghai, China from Cavite, Philippine Islands to reinforce the US 4th Marine Regiment; the first company of identical strength had arrived 7 days prior. [Shanghai | CPC]27...
Note: The White Man's Burden: The United States and the Philippine Islands was a poem written by Rudyard Kipling in 1899, about the Philippine–American War. The phrase White Man's Burden was often used to justify European imperialism in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The phrase...
Anne Bogel talks with Chatti Phal-Brown about how war, family, trauma, joy, and hope shaped her reading life. Her least favorite book might surprise you!
Movies about World War II Japan fascinate audiences, and with good reason. This period in history is marked by drama and bloodshed, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor to the Battle of Iwo Jima. Many great films have been made about this era, and the very best lend depth and shading to fi...