3 MARCH 1945 - LIBERATION OF MANILA - #WWII
The battle for Manila, capital of the Philippines, began on 4 February 1945 as the 1st Cavalry Division in the north and the 11th Airborne Division in the south reported Japanese resistance in the city was stiffening.
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The battle for Manila, capital of the Philippines, began on 4 February 1945 as the 1st Cavalry Division in the north and the 11th Airborne Division in the south reported Japanese resistance in the city was stiffening.
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After liberating the Santo Tomas and Bilibid prisoner of war camps, the XIV Corps continued its advance. The corps commander divided the northern section of the city into two sectors, the 37th Inf DVN responsible for the eastern half and the 1st Cavalry on the western part.
By the afternoon of the 8 February, 37th Division units had cleared most Japanese from their sector, but the costliest fighting occurred on Provisor Island, where enemy defenders held out at the small industrial center on the Pasig River until 11 February.
The 1st Cavalry Division units fought pitched battles north of the city, but extended their control south of the river by 10 February. That night, the XIV Corps established separate bridgeheads on both banks of the Pasig.
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The 11th Airborne Division, which had been fighting entrenched Japanese troops for control of Nichols Field since the fourth, made a final assault that secured the air base on 11 February and completed the American encirclement of the city on the night of the twelfth.
On 3 March, the Americans overcame the last Japanese stronghold, the massive Finance Building in the city center. Manila was officially liberated but the city had been destroyed in the fighting.
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