A man looks at murdered civilians during the Battle of Manila in the Philippines in 1945. The 1 month battle to retake the city from Japanese occupation proved costly for the populace, as the Japanese began routinely rounding up males of military age and shooting them. [1024 x 776]
They also put people in concentrated areas as a form of a human shield to avoid artillery, as well as showing no regard for civilians during battles. General Douglas MacArthur did not allow these situations to deter him when he orchestrated his assaults, showing himself no sympathy towards civilian casualties. As a result, up to 240,000 civilians died in this battle. The city at times was full of the bodies of the civilian dead before it was finally liberated and those people could be buried.
![A man looks at murdered civilians during the Battle of Manila in the Philippines in 1945. The 1 month battle to retake the city from Japanese occupation proved costly for the populace, as the Japanese began routinely rounding up males of military age and shooting them. [1024 x 776]](https://i.redd.it/9pgieqat9qj51.jpg)
Paul-Belgium
They also put people in concentrated areas as a form of a human shield to avoid artillery, as well as showing no regard for civilians during battles. General Douglas MacArthur did not allow these situations to deter him when he orchestrated his assaults, showing himself no sympathy towards civilian casualties. As a result, up to 240,000 civilians died in this battle. The city at times was full of the bodies of the civilian dead before it was finally liberated and those people could be buried.