Japanische Infanterie wird während der Schlacht von Manila von amerikanischer Infanterie angegriffen. Februar 1945

It’s crazy how overlooked much of the PTO is. Because the US Army’s PR was focused in Western Europe, all of their other campaigns are largely unknown. People think the Pacific was dominated by marines when they were a tiny minority there. The US Army had over seven times as many men fighting there than the Marine Corps had. While marines only did 15 amphibious landings, the Army did over 80 in the PTO alone, not even counting the ones they did in North Africa, Europe, and North America.

The Italian campaign is also heavily underrated, with historians comparing it to the brutality of WW1’s western front. The Battle of Manila was pure savagery.

the thrilla in manilla

Rod Serling is somewhere there.

I think Manila is the only place that was actually nicer in ww2