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Video by Dominic Graham

Liberation of Manila (WWII Documentary) 18+

Army University Press

July 2, 2021 | 01:10:35

On 9 January 1945, the U.S. Army returned to the island of Luzon in the Philippines. Landing on the beaches along Lingayen Gulf, Sixth Army sought to undo the Imperial Japanese Army’s conquest of 1942. To that end, between 3 February and 3 March, elements of Sixth Army participated in a month-long block by block, building by building battle to liberate the Philippine capital of Manila from its Imperial Japanese occupiers.

“Liberation of Manila” recounts the U.S. Army’s most difficult experience with urban warfare during the Second World War, and the only one in the Pacific Theater.

Chapters:
[00:57] Destination: Luzon
[3:11] Luzon Strategic Plan for Attrition
[14:13] Return to Luzon
[24:27] The Path of Most Resistance
[38:54] Breaking the Strongpoints
[47:07] Consolidation of Gains
[52:21] Intramuros
[1:00:24] A Destroyed Metropolis
[1:06:59] The Liberation of Manila
[1:08:44] Credits

Doctrine:
[9:17] ATP 3-06; Subsurface areas
[13:37] Mutual Support
[21:07] ATP 3-06; Urban Areas and key terrain
[28:37] ADP 3-90; Fire Support Coordination Measure
[28:47] Fire Support Coordination Measures: Permissive / Restrictive
[35:22] ATP 3-07.6; Mass atrocity response operation
[47:37] ADP 3-0 Consolidating Gains
[1:00:00] Stability Operations Tasks

Misc:
[12:34] Genko Line

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