I can’t believe it took me literally right now to be really angry about World War II history of the Philippines. I’ve been literally hooked up and feeling more and more educated about our history right now.
The IJA literally couldn’t take a loss from the American forces when they came back for us in 1944-1945 so what did they do? They took their frustrations out on all Filipino citizens in Manila by using us as human shields then kill us mercilessly if we survived. They also bayonetted babies and children, raped women and sliced their breasts off, trapped people in their own homes and arsoned it down while they’re still inside, beheaded everyone of all ages regardless of their wealth status, etc…
They also destroyed a large portion of irreplaceable cultural and historical treasures (government buildings, universities and colleges, convents, monasteries and churches) dating as far as when Manila were founded as a civilized city. Basically, they took away how Manila used to be the most modernized city in Asia before WWII even begun.
We would look like the present day Spain with a mixture of present day New York and China if Japan didn’t colonized us or if Douglas MacArthur had way more US soldiers and equipment and was geared for war defense in the Philippines when the Japanese forces invaded us.