battle, Cold War

Battle of Jolo

Name: Battle of Jolo
Location: Jolo, Philippines

Battle of Jolo was a battle fought in 1974 at Jolo, in what is now Philippines. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Jolo. It was part of the Moro conflict.

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Fought1974

WhereJolo, Philippines5.983N, 121.133E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomePhilippine government victory; Philippine Armed Forces regain control of Jolo, Sulu.; Jolo municipality suffers heavy damage; 40,000 civilians rendered homeless; Almost two-thirds of Jolo burnt

BelligerentsMoro National Liberation FrontagainstPhilippines; Armed Forces of the Philippines

Part ofMoro conflict1969

Record

Date	1974 (year precision)
Place	Jolo, Philippines 5.983N, 121.133E
Kind	Battle, Cold War
Casualties and losses	21 - 516 killed; 200-300 killed (Philippine Government claim; unconfirmed)	19–250 killed; 1–2 F86 destroyed; 4 helicopter damaged; 10,000-20,000 civilians killed; (from fires caused by the MNLF or AFP)
Commanders	Nur Misuari	Ferdinand Marcos

Placed at Jolo; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Zamboanga 1898, 148 km NE
Camp Cawa-Cawa Siege 1989, 148 km NE
Battle of Maguindanao 1945, 372 km E
Battle of Mindanao 1945, 482 km NE
Battle of Tarakan 1945, 492 km SW

Elsewhere in 1974

Battle of the Paracel Islands People's Republic of China
1974 White House helicopter incident United States
Battle of Phuoc Long Vietnam
Battle of Kampot Cambodia
Battle of Pentemili beachhead Cyprus

Battle of Jolo is one of 2,997 engagements of the 20th century in the atlas and one of 115 in present-day Philippines.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q18701940, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Jolo (1974), revision 1384020708, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.