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The Foundations of Our World

August 6, 2010 - 12:39 am - by Richard Fernandez
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.”