Manila massacre

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The Manila massacre was a World War II atrocity in early 1945 in which Japanese forces slaughtered tens of thousands of Filipino civilians during the Battle of Manila.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Manila massacre canonical 2
Massacres in Manila 1945 1
Rape of Manila 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf World War II atrocity ⓘ
massacre ⓘ
war crime ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Rape of Manila ⓘ
linked to: Manila massacre
cause Battle of Manila ⓘ
commemoratedBy annual remembrance ceremonies ⓘ
memorials in Manila ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
endTime March 1945 ⓘ
hasPart bayonet killings ⓘ
beheadings ⓘ
burning of buildings with civilians inside ⓘ
destruction of hospitals ⓘ
hostage-taking ⓘ
indiscriminate shelling ⓘ
killings in churches and convents ⓘ
looting ⓘ
mass executions ⓘ
mass rapes ⓘ
torture of civilians ⓘ
historicalPeriod Japanese occupation of the Philippines ⓘ
location Manila ⓘ
notableSite De La Salle College Taft ⓘ
Ermita ⓘ
Intramuros ⓘ
Malate ⓘ
San Juan de Dios Hospital ⓘ
Santa Cruz and Binondo districts ⓘ
St. Paul’s College Manila ⓘ
numberOfDeaths over 100000 ⓘ
tens of thousands of civilians ⓘ
opponent Philippine Commonwealth troops ⓘ
United States Armed Forces ⓘ
partOf Battle of Manila ⓘ
perpetrator Imperial Japanese Army ⓘ
Japanese naval forces ⓘ
result destruction of Manila ⓘ
humanitarian crisis ⓘ
large-scale civilian casualties ⓘ
postwar war-crimes trials ⓘ
startTime February 1945 ⓘ
targetedGroup children ⓘ
elderly ⓘ
hospital patients ⓘ
religious personnel ⓘ
women ⓘ
timePeriod early 1945 ⓘ
victim Filipino civilians ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sanji Iwabuchi → allegedPerpetratorOf → Manila massacre ⓘ
World War II atrocities → includesEvent → Massacres in Manila 1945 ⓘ
linked to: Manila massacre
Manila massacre → alsoKnownAs → Rape of Manila ⓘ
linked to: Manila massacre