Video: 'Liberation: Battle of Manila' (Mar. 3, 1945, at 9:05)

(Saturday, March 3, 1945; during the Battle of Manila, part of the Philippines Campaign (1944–45) in the Pacific Theatre of World War II) — The Battle of Manila, the Allied campaign to liberate the capital city of the Philippines from the Japanese, ended today with the liberation of the Finance Building. 100,000 Filipino civilians perished, government buildings laid in ruins.

Video: 'The World At War: Pacific 3/5' (Battle of Manila at 2:01-5:12)