. "recapture of Manila in 1945" . "a month-long battle" . . "Battle for the Liberation of Manila" . "12,500 sailors and marines" . "Battle" . . . "Allied Liberation of Manila" . . "Ang Pagpapalaya ng Maynila" . "35,000 US troops" . "Zambales-Subic Bay operations" . . . . . . "battle for the capture of Manila" . "Manila" . "1945" . . . . "World War II" . . . "enter the city of Manila" . . "Battle of Manila of February 1945" . "liberation of Manila" . "Battle of Manila (1945) Historical Marker" . "1,010 killed" . "Zambales-Subic Bay" . "fall of Manila" . "Liberation of Manila" . . . "liberated Manila" . "destruction of Manila" . . "newly liberated" . . "Manila Bay-Bicol operations" . "Philippines" . . "Battle of Liberation in Manila" . . . . "Battle for Manila" . . . "1945 Battle of Manila" . "Zambales-Subic Bay operation" . . . . . . . "battle for liberation" . . . "Manila Bay-Bicol operation" . "1945-03-03" . "Luzon" . "offensive to recapture Manila" . "Battle of Manila of 1945" . "one of the bloodiest battles" . . . "Japanese defense of Manila" . . . . . . . "Battle of Manila" . "Mariveles-Corregidor" . . "recaptured Manila" . . . "Battle of Manila (1945)" . . . . . . "turned the city into a battlefield" . "Battle of Intramuros" . . "Battle of Manila (1945)" . . "Nasugbu landing" . "liberation of the city" . "Allied capture of Manila" . . "Nasugbu" . . . "battle of Manila in 1945" . . "Allied victory" . "Manila\u2019s liberation" . . "first troops into Manila" . "city's liberation" . . . . . . . "battle for Manila" . "4,500 soldiers" . . . "Battle of Manila, 3 February \u2013 3 March 1945" . "3,000 Filipino guerrillas" . . "Battle of Manila in 1945" . "5,565 wounded" . "1945 Liberation of Manila" . . "*" . . "liberation campaign of Manila" . "Japan" . . . . .