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.

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

100,000 Filipino civilians perished, government buildings laid in ruins.