The Battle of Manila

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/The_Battle_of_Manila
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:battle
gptkbp:casualties over 100,000 civilians killed
over 1,000 Allied killed
over 16,000 Japanese killed
gptkbp:combatant gptkb:Empire_of_Japan
gptkb:United_States
gptkb:Philippine_Commonwealth
gptkbp:commander gptkb:Douglas_MacArthur
gptkb:Oscar_Griswold
gptkb:Shizuo_Yokoyama
gptkb:Tomoyuki_Yamashita
gptkbp:country gptkb:Philippines
gptkbp:date 1945
gptkbp:endDate 1945-03-03
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Battle_of_Luzon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Battle of Manila
gptkbp:location gptkb:Manila
gptkbp:notableFor urban warfare
destruction of Manila
civilian massacre
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:World_War_II
gptkb:Pacific_War
Philippine Campaign
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Battle_of_Leyte
gptkbp:result Allied victory
gptkbp:significance one of the bloodiest battles in the Pacific War
liberation of Manila from Japanese occupation
end of Japanese occupation in the Philippines
gptkbp:startDate 1945-02-03
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Office_of_War_Information_(World_War_II)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7