Battle of Manila (1945)
February 3 – March 3, 1945
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Battle of 3 February to 3 March 1945 in the Philippine campaign between American and Philippine forces and Japanese troops in Manila. The month-long battle killed at least 100,000 civilians and devastated the city: the worst urban fighting by American forces in the Pacific theater, with Japanese mass murder of civilians and deadly American artillery.
