What’s the ‘Massacre of Manila?’ Let Gabby Padilla and Enchong Dee tell you
The Battle of Manila, also known as the Rape of Manila, isn’t exactly common knowledge to a lot of us. It’s not a topic we usually hear or talk about.
The Battle of Manila, also known as the Rape of Manila, isn’t exactly common knowledge to a lot of us. It’s not a topic we usually hear or talk about.
The Battle of Manila (Feb. 3-March 3, 1945), the single deadliest urban warfare fought in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater of World War II, literally annihilated the downtown area of the city and caused an estimated 100,000 noncombatant civilian deaths by ‘Sword and Fire,’ i.e., Japanese mass killings and the indiscriminate shelling of the US.”
We just celebrated the 70th anniversary of the historical landing in Leyte. Has it been that long? Unlike with more recent headline events, there are not too many people I can ask, “Where were you when it happened?”
Today is Friday, Feb. 3, 2012—a Day of Remembrance. Flashback to Feb. 3, 1945—a day that brings to mind the stark events of a war that begs not to be forgotten.
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