Philippine-American War | A Howling Wilderness | 3

American History Tellers

Wondery

Society & Culture, Kids & Family, History, Education For Kids

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🗓️ 22 December 2021

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

In March 1901, American forces launched a daring raid to capture the Filipino revolutionary leader Emilio Aguinaldo. Head of U.S. Philippine forces, General Arthur MacArthur, hoped that his surrender would finally break the resistance and bring the war to an end.

But fighting soon expanded to remote areas of the country. Frustrated with the stubborn resistance, America’s military leaders turned to increasingly harsher measures to crush the enemy. But accounts of atrocities by U.S. soldiers soon filled newspapers at home, reigniting public debate about the war, prompting court martials, and sparking a Congressional hearing into the abuses.

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0:00.0	Hey, Prime members, you can listen to American History Tellers add free on Amazon Music,
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0:09.6	Imagine its March 23rd, 1901.
0:21.7	Your US Army Colonel trekking up a steep trail high in the Philippine Mountains.
0:26.5	This month you captured an interrogated and enemy courier who revealed the location of
0:30.9	the Philippine rebel leader Emilio Aguinaldo.
0:34.4	That discovery started this secret mission to find and capture the elusive Aguinaldo
0:38.9	in his hideout.
0:40.5	But instead of charging up the hill or sneaking up on the headquarters stealthily, you are
0:44.7	following a column of Filipino soldiers through the rain, your hands tied behind your back.
0:50.3	But it's all part of your plan.
0:52.2	You're pretending to be a prisoner, and the native soldiers are really on your side.
0:57.0	You're hoping the ruse is enough to get you past Aguinaldo's guards without violence.
1:02.8	You blank through the rain to see a group of Filipino men with rifles standing before
1:06.6	you.
1:07.6	If the intelligence you got from the courier is right, they must be members of Aguinaldo's
1:11.7	honor guard.
1:13.2	Your guide, a Spanish mercenary, steps forward and exchanges a few words with them.
1:18.0	You can't hear what they're saying over the pattern of the rain.
1:21.0	So you wait nervously, hoping the guards will buy the story.
1:25.2	Then one of the guards breaks away and walks over to you.
1:28.5	He studies your bound hands and tattered uniform carefully.
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