Manila Massacre - Definition and Overview

The Manila Massacre, February 1945, refers to the atrocities conducted against Filipino civilians in Manila, Philippines by retreating Japanese troops during World War II. Various credible Western and Eastern sources (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/battles.htm#Manila) agree that the death toll was at least 100,000 people.

The Manila Massacre is only one of many major war crimes committed by the Imperialist Japanese from the annexation of Manchuria in 1931 to the end of World War II in 1945. It was a major event in the Asian Holocaust, where over 15 million Chinese, Korean, Filipino, Indonesian, Burmese, Indochinese civilians, Pacific Islanders and Allied POW were killed.

Related topics

• List of Japanese War Atrocities

External links

• The Battling Bastards of Bataan (http://www.battlingbastardsbataan.com/som.htm)
• The Historical Atlas of the Twentieth Century by Matthew White (http://users.erols.com/mwhite28/20centry.htm)