Kamis, 13 April 2017

MacArthur and the Liberation of Manila, 1945

Is MacArthur to blame for the bloodbath that destroyed the Philippine capital? By March 3, 1945, after a month of the worst urban combat in World War II’s Pacific Theater, Manila – the capital city of the Philippines and once renowned as the gleaming “Pearl of the Orient” – was reduced to rubble.  Aerial photos …

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