Feb. 3, 1945, the battle for the capital of the Philippines began between Allied Forces and Imperial Japan. The 1st Cavalry ...

A ceremony has been held in the Philippine capital of Manila to commemorate the victims of a month-long battle between the now-defunct Imperial Japanese military and US troops 80 years ago.

Binondo is the center of activities in Manila during the annual Chinese New Year celebrations where thousands gather for the ...

As biographer Kenneth Ray Young noted, after a victorious battle in February ... have prepared the Filipinos for what happened in 1945, when Manila was utterly destroyed in a single month.

After heavy fighting, elements of the 1st Cavalry Division entered Manila on February 4, 1945. In so doing ... Losses stemming from the battle so drastically reduced Japanese airpower that ...