Like bookends on the shelf, the atrocities in Nanking in 1937 (back then, the capital of China) and Manila in 1945 (the capital of the Philippines) speak to a level of barbaric behavior that came not only at the beginning and end of the Second World War, but one which permeated much of the conflict. [...]
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The Streets Run Red in Manila
Posted in Pacific, World War II (1939-1945), tagged 1945, Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, General Tomoyuki Yamashita, Manila, Manila Massacre, Philippines, Red Cross on February 10 | Leave a Comment »
