The Philippine American War

At the beginning of the 20th century, the United States was involved in a bloody war in the Philippines, fought from February 1899 to June 1902.  The Philippine American war is almost forgotten, it claimed 250,000 lives.  Few People remember the war, it is said that is was a sequel to the Spanish American War in 1889, when Cubans were fighting for their independence.  On February 4th in the year 1899, a fight broke out between the Americans and the Philippines., leaving 59 Americans and 3,000 Filipinos dead.  During an incident of the war, in which General Jacob W. Smith ordered his men to kill anyone over the age of ten on Samar Island, more than 4,000 American Soldiers and the estimated number of 20,000 Filipino fighters died.  About 200,000 Filipino civilians died through the Philippine American war, mostly of disease and hunger.

The Philippines were finally granted their independence in 1946.