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Manila - The former capital and present principal commercial and cultural center of the Philippines. It is located on SW Luzon Island, on Manila Bay. In the
Spanish-American War, U.S. forces captured it on August 13, 1898, after Admiral Dewey's defeat of the Spanish fleet in Manila Bay. It became the capital under the
new Philippine government in 1901. In W.W.II, the Japanese took it on January 2, 1942. The reconquest of the Philippines was an enormous Allied operation. Over
250,000 Japanese with equipment occupied the series of islands, with Manila being the headquarters. After air and sea strafing for months by U.S. forces, accompanied
by Infantry and Air Cavalry divisions, the Allies retook Manila in February of 1945. The Allies had 8,000 killed while the Japanese suffered 192,000 deaths and several thousand more captured.
Photo - Raising the American flag over Fort Santiago, Manila, on the evening of August 13, 1898
Map - Map of the operations against Manila, Aug. 13, 1898 - Office of the Chief Signal Officer, Dept. of Pacific 8th A.C.
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