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Historical marker installed in 2020 inside the De La Salle University to commemorate the massacre victims in the school. In the Battle of Manila from February to March 1945, the United States Army advanced into the city of Manila in order to drive the Japanese out. During lulls in the battle for control of the city, Japanese troops took their ...
Battle of Mindanao map at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. The Battle of Mindanao (Filipino: Labanan sa Mindanao; Cebuano: Gubat sa Mindanao; Japanese: ミンダナオの戦い) was fought by the Americans and allied Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese forces on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines as part of Operation VICTOR V.
World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States) by S. Sandler (2000) Routledge ISBN 0-8153-1883-9; By sword and fire: The Destruction of Manila in World War II, 3 February – 3 March 1945 (Unknown Binding) by Alphonso J. Aluit (1994) National Commission for Culture and the Arts ISBN 971-8521-10-0
Philippine Commonwealth Army personnel in Davao. The date for Philippine Independence and US military withdrawal was approaching, resulting in a reduction in funds from the US military to directly support the expansion of the Philippine Commonwealth Army. 12 million dollars were provided to the Commonwealth for the establishment of the Philippine Army in 1936.
S. Sandler World War II in the Pacific: An Encyclopedia (Military History of the United States) (2000) Routledge ISBN 0-8153-1883-9; James J. Fahey Pacific War Diary, 1942–1945: The Secret Diary of an American Sailor (1992) Houghton Mifflin ISBN 0-395-64022-9; Smith, Robert Ross (1963). Triumph in the Philippines (PDF). U.S. Army in World War ...
The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines, Second Philippines campaign, or the Liberation of the Philippines, codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III, was the American, Filipino, and Australian campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II.
Philippines campaign (1944–1945) (2 C, 45 P) Pages in category "Battles and operations of World War II involving the Philippines" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total.
The Battle of Leyte Gulf ended in disaster for the Japanese and was the biggest naval battle of World War II. The campaign to liberate the Philippines was the bloodiest campaign of the Pacific War.Intelligence information gathered by the guerrillas averted a disaster—they revealed the plans of Japanese General Yamashita to trap MacArthur's ...