Philippine-American War: Insurgency, Atrocities, and American POWs

We will cover the Insurgency, Atrocities, and American POWs in this article. We will also touch on the U.S. occupation of the Philippines. These three issues are interwoven with each other. Hopefully, this will help us understand the Philippine-American War better. We can use the experiences of these Americans to better understand the Filipino experience. This article is part of a series about the Philippine-American War. Insurgency
One of the most overlooked counterinsurgency efforts of the US Army is the Philippines campaign. It was a success, yet it remains one of the least-known. The Philippines campaign provided the US Army with important lessons about small-unit operations, mobility, effective intelligence apparatuses, and degrading insurgent shadow government infrastructure. One of the most important lessons in this campaign is to build a strong local presence. American forces, meanwhile, suffered heavy casualties during the war. The Americans deployed over twelve thousand soldiers to the Philippines and spent nearly four hundred million dollars. The Filipino Army suffered heavy losses, but it continued to fight until 1946, when the United States withdrew. Even though the war ended in a stalemate, there were still guerrilla operations taking place. However, the American military was the dominant force during the war. U.S. occupation
The Philippine-American War was one of the most controversial military conflicts in American history. In a nutshell, it was a conflict between the United States and Spanish-ruled Philippines. During the Philippine-American War, the U.S. occupied the Philippines and fought two major wars in the region. Although a majority of Filipinos opposed American colonization, U.S. officials favored annexation of the Philippines, Cuba, and Hawaii. However, anti-imperialists in Congress blocked this move. As a result, the islands became part of the U.S. naval operations in the Philippines and the Pacific Ocean. The US occupiers did not understand the culture and language of the Filipinos and were unable to distinguish friendly civilians from insurgents. This led to numerous deaths of civilians and prisoners, as well as suspected people. Because of the lack of understanding of the enemy, American soldiers employed gruesome tactics to achieve their goals. Ultimately, they ended up destroying a country that many Filipinos considered their homeland. Atrocities
In the Philippines, the conflict was marked by atrocities against civilians. Americans and Filipino guerillas executed captured soldiers, torched villages, and abused civilians who sided with the Americans. American forces also tortured suspected guerrillas and civilians who helped them. During the conflict, many civilians died in fighting, cholera and malaria epidemics, and food shortages. The most notorious of the atrocities was committed by United States Army General Jacob H. Smith and his men in Samar. Despite not being a particularly imposing man, Smith's orders were so horrifying that he earned the nicknames "The Monster" and "Howling Wilderness Smith" in the aftermath of the war. His brutality in the Philippines is one of the most graphic images of human atrocity. American prisoners of war
During the Philippine-American War, the Japanese captured both American prisoners of battle and civilian internees. This preliminary survey seeks to tell the story of what happened to these men. Most were sent to fairly permanent camps. Some were treated badly, and the Japanese commanders and subordinates did their best to humiliate the captured Americans. In some cases, prisoners were even tortured or killed. However, the overall treatment of American prisoners of war was much better than that of their Japanese counterparts. During the Philippine-American War, the Americans had to fight against the Japanese in the islands of the Philippines. Fortunately, there was a small American army stationed in the area. The Japanese were under constant threat of attacks. Their troops were unable to get food and medicine. Some of them even ate the polo pony of an officer. They were also subjected to constant bombardment, bombing, and shelling. But the Japanese refused to surrender, despite the high risk to their lives. In fact, one of the US Navy officers, Lieutenant Colonel Biggs, was killed and two of his other comrades were subsequently captured.