Davod #13:

“slaughter in Manilla was a result of the Japanese refusal to declare Manila an open city. The Allies had to fight their way across Manila.”

No. Wretchard should link back to the piece where he described his aunt throwing her children out the window of their apartment building in Manila to prevent the Japanese troops from killing them along with the rest of the people in the building when they ran down the hallways kicking in doors and bayoneting civilians. The slaughter in Manila was not the result of Friendly Fire Incidents. It mainly was not even civilians getting caught in the crossfire. It was just slaughter for slaughter’s sake.