Battle of Manila (1945)

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World War II battle battle urban battle

The Battle of Manila (1945) was a major and devastating World War II urban battle in the Philippines in which American and Filipino forces fought to liberate the capital from Japanese occupation, resulting in massive destruction and civilian casualties.

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Label Occurrences
Battle of Manila (1945) canonical 11
Battle of Manila 2
1945 Battle of Manila 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
urban battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
surface form: Liberation of Manila
belligerent Commonwealth of the Philippines ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
surface form: Empire of Japan

United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
casualties very high civilian casualties ⓘ
characterizedBy artillery bombardment ⓘ
fires ⓘ
house-to-house fighting ⓘ
intense urban combat ⓘ
massacres by Japanese forces ⓘ
massive destruction of infrastructure ⓘ
widespread atrocities against civilians ⓘ
civilianDeathsEstimate approximately 100000 to 240000 ⓘ
over 100000 ⓘ
combatant Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Imperial Army

Imperial Japanese Navy ⓘ
surface form: Japanese Imperial Navy

Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ
Philippine Constabulary ⓘ
United States Army ⓘ
United States Marine Corps ⓘ
United States Navy ⓘ
commander Douglas MacArthur ⓘ
Oscar W. Griswold ⓘ
Robert L. Eichelberger ⓘ
Sanji Iwabuchi ⓘ
Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
destructionLevel historic buildings devastated ⓘ
large parts of Manila destroyed ⓘ
endDate 1945-03-03 ⓘ
followedBy mopping-up operations in Luzon ⓘ
location Luzon ⓘ
Manila ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
militaryCasualties thousands ⓘ
notableSite Intramuros ⓘ
Malacañang Palace ⓘ
surface form: Malacañang area

Manila City Hall ⓘ
University of Santo Tomas ⓘ
objective expulsion of Japanese forces from Manila ⓘ
liberation of Manila ⓘ
partOf Pacific War ⓘ
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
precededBy Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) ⓘ
surface form: Invasion of Luzon
result Allied victory ⓘ
significance ended Japanese occupation of Manila ⓘ
major turning point in the liberation of the Philippines ⓘ
one of the bloodiest urban battles of World War II in the Pacific ⓘ
startDate 1945-02-03 ⓘ
timePeriod February 1945 ⓘ
March 1945 ⓘ
year 1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

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

Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) → includedOperation → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Manila → historicalEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Battle of Manila (1945) → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Liberation of Manila
San Agustin Church → survivedEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1945 Battle of Manila
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
World War II battles → hasNotableBattle → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Manila Bay (1945)
Battle of Corregidor (1945) → relatedEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Japanese occupation of the Philippines → significantEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Sanji Iwabuchi → participatedIn → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Manila City Hall → significantEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Walled City → significantEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Baluarte de San Diego → significantEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Japanese Fourteenth Area Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
MacArthur Bridge → associatedWith → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Manila
American colonial period in the Philippines → significantEvent → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
Alicia Syquia → conflictInvolved → Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Battle of Manila