By Joan Orendain WREATHS will be laid, and taps resound through Intramuros, when Memorare Manila 1945 commemorates 29 deadly days in February 1945. From Feb. 3 to March 3, 1945, 100,000 non-combatants ...
Looking at photos of Intramuros taken shortly after the 1945 Battle for Manila, it is clear that many structures—or at least the shell or facade—remained. In retrospect, some of these could have ...
and 16,665 Japanese were killed within Intramuros. Realizing they were losing the war, the Japanese army, in their desperation, committed horrific atrocities, engaging in arson, killing ...
An exhibit featuring the works of renowned Filipino painters, including National Artist Fernando Amorsolo, was opened to the ...
For 30 days, the Philippine capital was caught up in a clash between the Japanese and American ... of the worst massacres of the war. The series concludes on the first day of March, in the historic ...