Don Rodrigo
2010-08-06 10:03:05
I know this is nit picking but Nanjing and Manilla differ in that 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.
Like RWE said: most of the civilian casualties were deliberate massacres by the Japanese. The sheer numbers dictate against them being primarily “collateral damage.”








