From February 3 to March 3 , 1945 , Manila was the site of the bloodiest battle in the Pacific theater of World War II . Some 100,000 civilians were killed in February . At the end of the battle , Manila was recaptured by joint American and Philippine troops . It was the second most devastated city in the world , after Warsaw , during the Second World War . Almost all of the structures in the city , particularly in Intramuros , were destroyed
100,000 civilians were killed
Manila massacre
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