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Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

On April 12, 1945, soldiers of the U.S. 25th Division launched an offensive along the rim of balete Pass Canyon in northern Luzon, Philippines. They passed the body of a dead Japanese soldier, so that the Japanese soldier fell under a tree.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

In February 1945, Japanese soldiers were killed on the streets of Manila.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

In March 1945, the body of a japanese soldier who was killed was on the ruins of a building in the Intlamuros district of manila. Photo by Carl Mydans

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

March 2, 1945. Near Manila City Hall, ordinary Filipinos take off their shoes from a killed Japanese soldier.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

On the ruined streets of Manila, poor Filipino orphans.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

A woman with a child was killed in fighting in Manila.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

In February-March 1945, an American nurse fed water to an injured Filipino woman in a dilapidated house in Manila. On the side, there was an injured Filipino child.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

In 1945, Japanese soldiers in Manila surrendered to American and Filipino soldiers.

Old Photos of World War II The situation in which the US military fought fiercely in the Philippines was unprecedentedly tragic

General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore during Wright Landing in the Philippine Islands.

In 1942, when Japanese troops attacked the Philippines after the attack on Pearl Harbor, MacArthur, then commander of the Philippine American Army, was defeated by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army occupied the Philippines, which was the most shameful defeat of MacArthur's career. MacArthur had promised to one day retake the Philippine Islands. Now macArthur is back in the Philippines, and I'm back.

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