Bud Dajo massacre

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massacre military operation war crime

The Bud Dajo massacre was a 1906 U.S. military assault on Moro villagers in the Philippines, in which hundreds of mostly women and children were killed, and it remains one of the most controversial and condemned episodes of American colonial rule.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bud Dajo Massacre	1
Bud Dajo massacre canonical	1

Statements (56)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	massacre ⓘ military operation ⓘ war crime ⓘ
belligerent	Moro villagers ⓘ United States Army ⓘ
cause	U.S. campaign to disarm and pacify Moro population ⓘ refusal of Moro villagers to comply with U.S. disarmament orders ⓘ
civilianDeaths	hundreds of women and children ⓘ
combatantDeaths	mostly Moro villagers ⓘ
commander	Leonard Wood ⓘ Tasker H. Bliss ⓘ
condemnedBy	American anti-imperialists ⓘ Philippine nationalists ⓘ
conflictType	counterinsurgency operation ⓘ
controversial	true ⓘ
coordinateLocation	6.0167°N 121.0667°E ⓘ
countryInvolved	Philippines ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedBy	Mark Twain ⓘ U.S. press commentators ⓘ
describedAs	atrocity ⓘ one of the most brutal episodes of U.S. colonial rule in the Philippines ⓘ
endDate	1906-03-08 ⓘ
ethnicGroupTargeted	Moro ⓘ
hasPhotographicEvidence	true ⓘ
historicalAssessment	example of excessive use of force by U.S. colonial military ⓘ
location	Bud Dajo ⓘ Jolo ⓘ surface form: Jolo Island Philippines ⓘ surface form: Philippine Islands Sulu Archipelago ⓘ
memorializedIn	Philippine historical memory of U.S. occupation ⓘ
method	artillery bombardment ⓘ assault on fortified crater ⓘ small-arms fire ⓘ
notableFeature	U.S. forces suffered relatively few casualties ⓘ took place on the crater of an extinct volcano ⓘ victims included large numbers of noncombatants ⓘ
notableImage	photograph of U.S. soldiers posing with pile of Moro bodies in Bud Dajo crater ⓘ
numberOfDeaths	600+ ⓘ approximately 800 ⓘ
opponent	Moro people ⓘ
organizedBy	United States Army ⓘ Insular Government of the Philippine Islands ⓘ surface form: United States colonial administration in the Philippines
partOf	Moro Rebellion ⓘ Moro Rebellion ⓘ surface form: Philippine–American War aftermath
pointInTime	March 1906 ⓘ
relatedTo	Moro Crater massacre ⓘ Moro Rebellion ⓘ Philippine–American War ⓘ
religionOfVictims	Muslims ⓘ surface form: Muslim
result	U.S. military victory ⓘ mass killing of Moro civilians ⓘ
startDate	1906-03-05 ⓘ
timePeriod	American colonial period in the Philippines ⓘ
topicOf	debates on American war crimes ⓘ historical studies of U.S. imperialism ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Moro Rebellion → notableEvent → Bud Dajo massacre ⓘ

Battle of Bud Dajo → alsoKnownAs → Bud Dajo massacre ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bud Dajo Massacre