Battle of Manila. Nadir of Japanese Barbarism, 3 February - 3 March 1945.pdf

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BATTLE
OF MANILA
NADIR OF JAPANESE BARBARISM,
3 FEBRUARY–3 MARCH 1945
MIGUEL MIRANDA
First published in Great Britain in 2019 by
PEN AND SWORD MILITARY
an imprint of
Pen and Sword Books Ltd
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Copyright © Miguel Miranda, 2019
ISBN 978 1 52672 905 7
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Maps by George Anderson
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Presidential Museum and Library PH, with relevant authorship credited accordingly
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Miguel Miranda,
formerly a regional reporter, is an author from the Philippines and writes for several
Pen & Sword military history series including ‘Cold War 1945–1991’ and ‘History of Terror’. Writing
about the battle of Manila has been an opportunity for him to confront a very dark period in Philippine
history, one that is still misunderstood today. To amass the wealth of research and insight for this work
he pored over volumes of official histories and archives, assembling a detailed narrative on the topic.
Not only did the battle of Manila liberate the Philippines from cruel foreign domination but it set
the stage for total independence in 1946. It bookended the American colonial period (1899–1945) and
closed a chapter in a long saga of conflict and struggle that has visited his homeland again and again.
As a country whose history is shaped by the designs of various empires, the battle of Manila showed
how vital the Philippines is to the region, the gateway to the Asian landmass and the rampart of grand
strategy for a would-be superpower. As it was then, as it is today.
CONTENTS
Timeline
Introduction
1. MacArthur’s Bitter Defeat
2. Leyte to Lingayen
3. Desperadoes
4. The Angels
5. Encirclement
6. The Genko Line
7. Bloody Hell
8. Intramuros
9. A Country in Ruin
Epilogue: Facing a Strategic Conundrum
Sources
Index
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