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[[File:The-manila-massacre.jpg|thumb|300px|link=Special:FilePath/The-manila-massacre.jpg]]The '''Manila massacre''' (Filipino: Pagpatay sa Maynila) involved atrocities committed against Filipino civilians in the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, by Japanese troops during [[World War II]] at the Battle of Manila (February 3, 1945 – March 3, 1945). Atrocities included mass rapes, | [[File:The-manila-massacre.jpg|thumb|300px|link=Special:FilePath/The-manila-massacre.jpg]]The '''Manila massacre''' (Filipino: Pagpatay sa Maynila) involved atrocities committed against Filipino civilians in the City of Manila, the capital of the Philippines, by Japanese troops during [[World War II]] at the Battle of Manila (February 3, 1945 – March 3, 1945). Atrocities included mass rapes, murder of civilians, including infants, [[arson]], and violent mutilations. The combined death toll of civilians for the battle of Manila was about 100,000. | ||
The Manila massacre was one of several major [[war crimes]] committed by the [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese Army]], as judged by the postwar military tribunal. The Japanese commanding general, [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], and his chief of staff [[Akira Mutō]], were held responsible for the massacre and other war crimes in a trial starting October 1945. Yamashita was executed on 23 February 1946 and Mutō on 23 December 1948. | The Manila massacre was one of several major [[war crimes]] committed by the [[Imperial Japan|Imperial Japanese Army]], as judged by the postwar military tribunal. The Japanese commanding general, [[Tomoyuki Yamashita]], and his chief of staff [[Akira Mutō]], were held responsible for the massacre and other war crimes in a trial starting October 1945. Yamashita was executed on 23 February 1946 and Mutō on 23 December 1948. |