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Manila, Philippines was declared an open city on 26 Dec 1941 to prevent unnecessary destruction [Colorized by WW2DB]

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Caption     Manila, Philippines was declared an open city on 26 Dec 1941 to prevent unnecessary destruction [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase
Colorization Note   This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors.

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Photographer    Unknown
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Center of Military History
More on...   
Invasion of the Philippine Islands   Main article  Photos  Maps  
Photo Size 486 x 630 pixels
Photos on Same Day 26 Dec 1941
Added By C. Peter Chen
Colorized Date 24 Feb 2023
Licensing  Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government".

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Visitor Submitted Comments

1. crisanta canilao says:
29 Aug 2009 10:25:11 PM

damn all the Japanese soldiers during WWII
2. Anonymous says:
31 Jul 2010 09:08:47 PM

where in manila is this place...i need it pls answer for our educational trip thankz
3. Anonymous says:
19 Jan 2011 08:25:17 AM

this was outside manila, not really in the city.

to prevent unnecessary damages and deaths of civilians...but the Japanese still continued to bomb Manila -_-

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