History has witnessed many, many wars, famines and historical events that come on both land and land in cities, as well as armed military attacks, and several cities have witnessed the most heinous armed military attacks against civilians throughout history, and we mention the story of the Manila massacre.

The Manila massacre is a battle that took place between Japan and the United States of America in alliance with the Philippines in Manila, the capital of the Philippines, which took place between February 3 to March 3, 1945 AD, and although the battle lasted only a month, it caused total destruction to the city, turning its quiet streets into pools of blood, after the Philippine capital became the scene of the worst fighting in the history of Pacific civilization.

In 1943, Manila fell to the Japanese army, and at the end of 1944, the American army began to achieve clear victories over the Japanese. However, the Battle of Manila continued at its most intense between the two sides. When the Japanese invaded the Philippines in 1941, it was an American colony at that time. General Douglas MacArthur, commander of the American forces there, declared Manila an open city to avoid the devastation of war, but when the Americans returned, the Japanese decided to fight to the last man, burning the whole city.

According to the American news website Stars and Stripes, the United States of America is said to have liberated the Philippine capital from the Japanese, after destroying Manila, killing more than 100,000 civilians, 100,000 civilians, in addition to killing 16,000 Japanese soldiers, and 1,000 American soldiers. Historian Ricardo described Jose of the University of the Philippines, Manila, declared it the second city in the list of worst-hit cities in World War II, after Polish Warsaw, and that it is one of the worst battlefields in the world.

Although American forces tried to protect the city and civilians, by imposing severe restrictions on artillery and air support, the destruction was inevitable, as Japanese infantry divisions were attacking block by block, and the Japanese Navy, led by Sailor Iwabushi, attacked the city with flamethrowers, grenades and bazookas.

It was said that it was the most heinous massacre in history against civilians. Civilians died from malnutrition, in addition to the American bombing, but most historians agreed that the devastation was done by the Japanese forces, and when the massacre began, the city was subjected to continuous bombardment, and the Japanese committed many cruel atrocities, Such as violence, mutilation, rape and massacres against the population.

The fighting continued from February 23 to February 28, 1945 AD with the defeat of the Japanese resistance forces, and the recovery of some villages surrounding Manila, and the surprise by the Japanese forces was that the soldiers sacrificed their lives by blowing themselves up with the American and Filipino forces, but with all this, the joint forces were able to return the city after Ending the Japanese occupation.