Manila in WW2 History | World War II Database

7 Dec 1907

Philippines

Henry Arnold arrived in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Manila | CPC]

1 Feb 1911

Philippines

Joseph Stilwell was assigned to Fort William McKinley in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Manila | CPC]

4 Jun 1911

Philippines

Joseph Stilwell was assigned to Company D of 12th Infantry Regiment at Fort William McKinley in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Manila | CPC]

17 Jan 1915

Philippines

Henry Arnold's daughter Lois Elizabeth Arnold was born at Fort William McKinley in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | Manila | CPC]

31 Aug 1920

Philippines

Joseph Stilwell disembarked USAT Madawaska at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Manila | CPC]

5 Nov 1924

Philippines

USS S-39 arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [S-39 | Manila | CPC]
USS S-41 arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [S-41 | Manila | CPC]

18 Feb 1927

Philippines

USS Stewart departed Manila, Philippines to search for the missing American merchant ship Elkton. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

15 Nov 1935

Photo(s) dated 15 Nov 1935

First inauguration of Philippine Commonwealth President Manuel Quezon, Legislative Building, Manila, Philippine Islands, 15 Nov 1935

Manuel Quezon climbing the stairs of Malacañang Palace for the first time as the president, Manila, Philippine Islands, 15 Nov 1935

30 Jul 1938

Philippines

USS Stewart departed Manila, Philippines in search of the missing Pan American Airways flying boat Hawaii Clipper. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

20 Nov 1941

Philippines

Ed Dyess arrived in Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Ed Dyess | Manila | CPC]

8 Dec 1941

Philippines

USS S-41 departed Manila Bay in the Philippines for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [S-41 | Manila | CPC]

9 Dec 1941

Philippines

USS Skipjack departed Manila, Philippine Islands for her first war patrol. ww2dbase [Skipjack | Manila | CPC]

21 Dec 1941

Philippines

USS S-39 arrived at Manila, Phlippine Islands, ending her first war patrol. ww2dbase [S-39 | Manila | CPC]

24 Dec 1941

Philippines

USS S-41 departed Manila Bay in the Philippines after taking on fuel and supplies. ww2dbase [S-41 | Manila | CPC]

31 Dec 1941

Philippines

Japanese Lingayen Force captured Sibul Springs, Luzon, Philippine Islands, breaching part of the final defensive line north of Manila. South of the city, Japanese tanks of Sonoda Force reached Baliuag. ww2dbase [Invasion of the Philippine Islands | Manila | CPC]

2 Jan 1942

Philippines

Japanese troops captured Manila, the capital of the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Invasion of the Philippine Islands | Manila | TH]

23 Dec 1942

Philippines

Tatsuta Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Tatsuta Maru | Manila | CPC]

27 Apr 1943

Philippines

The 17,526-ton Japanese troop carrier Kamakura Maru departed Manila, Philippines with 2,500 oil production workers and army medical personnel, heavy vehicles, and ammunition on board, bound for Balikpapan, Borneo, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Manila | HM]

27 Apr 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Manila, Philippines at 1100 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

30 Apr 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Manila, Philippines, but she would return later on the same day for boiler water tube replacement due to mechanical trouble. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

1 May 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 completed boiler repair work and departed Manila, Philippines at 0400 hours to escort the convoy consisted of Aden Maru, Tajima Maru, Amatsusan Maru, Yozan Maru, Teikai Maru, Kazuura Maru, Brazil Maru, and Mitsuki Maru. Other escorts guarding this convoy included Patrol Boat No. 104, Korei netlayer Maru, Submarine Chaser No. 38, minelayer Shirataka, destroyer Fujinami, and destroyer Shiratsuyu. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

20 May 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 completed repairs of her No. 2 boiler while at sea. At 2105 hours, she arrived at Manila, Philippines with the rest of the convoy. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

28 May 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102, Patrol Boat No. 104, destroyer Tsuga, Submarine Chaser No. 38, and netlayer Korei Maru departed Manila, Philippines at 1300 hours to escort convoy H-27 consisted of Shinno Maru, Kohoku Maru, Kosei Maru, Muroran Maru, Shiroganesan Maru, Taiyu Maru, Teiyu Maru, Juzan Maru, and Koshu Maru No. 1. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

20 Jun 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Manila, Philippines at 0925 hours. At 1447 hours, she departed for Cavite. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

21 Jul 1944

Philippines

Kashii arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Kashii | Manila | DS]

24 Aug 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 had mechanical issues with her No. 2 boiler while in port at Manila, Philippines. It was repaired by the end of the day. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

27 Aug 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 departed Manila, Philippines at 0900 hours, arriving at Subic Bay to the west at 1548 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

2 Sep 1944

Philippines

Irako arrived at Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Irako | Manila | CPC]

21 Sep 1944

Philippines

Kamoi received light damage in the hull and boilers from an aircraft of US Task Force 38 at Manila, Philippine Islands. At 2203 hours, Kamoi and other supply ships departed Manila for Palawan. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Manila | CPC]

22 Sep 1944

Philippines

Irako departed Manila, Luzon, Philippine Islands at 0300 hours with a deck load of reconnaissance floatplanes for Coron Bay, Calamian Islands, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Irako | Manila | CPC]

28 Sep 1944

Philippines

Kamoi took on food and disembarked heavy oil while at Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Manila | CPC]

2 Oct 1944

Philippines

Kamoi loaded boiler water while at Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Manila | CPC]

3 Oct 1944

Philippines

Kamoi departed Manila, Philippines with convoy MATA-28, and arrived at Santa Cruz at 1740 hours. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Manila | CPC]

7 Oct 1944

Philippines

Takijiro Onishi arrived in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Takijiro Onishi | Manila | CPC]

21 Oct 1944

Philippines

Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Manila | CPC]

22 Oct 1944

Philippines

Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru departed Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Manila | CPC]

28 Oct 1944

Philippines

Damaged cruiser Kumano arrived at Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Kumano | Yukikaze | Manila | DS]

29 Oct 1944

Philippines

Kamoi disembarked the last of her cargo of heavy oil and took on ammunition while at Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Kamoi | Manila | CPC]
Damaged cruisers Kumano and Nachi are attacked by American carrier aircraft while in Manila Bay, Philippines. ww2dbase [Nachi | Kumano | Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Manila, Luzon | DS]

4 Nov 1944

Philippines

As part of a small convoy, Kumano departs Manila bound for Takao, Formosa (Taiwan). ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 1, the Leyte Campaign | Kumano | Manila, Luzon | DS]

5 Nov 1944

Photo(s) dated 5 Nov 1944

Strike photo of Manila Bay 5 Nov 1944 showing thick pall of smoke. Taken from aircraft from Bombing Squadron 80 flying from the USS Ticonderoga.

14 Nov 1944

Photo(s) dated 14 Nov 1944

Strike photo of the Manila docks at the height of the attack, 14 Nov 1944, Manila, Luzon, Philippines. Photo taken by aircraft from USS Essex.

Bomb bay camera in a TBF-1 Avenger from USS Essex captures the moment of bomb release over the Pasig River in downtown Manila, Luzon, Philippines, 14 Nov 1944. Attack was on the dock area 2,000 yards further ahead.

21 Nov 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102 arrived at Manila, Philippines at 1524 hours. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

23 Nov 1944

Philippines

Patrol Boat No. 102, Patrol Boat No. 38, and Submarine Chaser No. 33 departed Manila, Philippines at 0952 hours to escort convoy MATA-34 consisted only of transport Manju Maru toward Takao, Taiwan. ww2dbase [Stewart | Manila | CPC]

23 Feb 1945

Philippines

Otoemon Hiroeda and Liu Wei-tian refused to carry out their orders to perform a suicide attack with Taiwanese soldiers under his command in Manila, Philippines. Hiroeda surrendered to the Americans, and ensured that his men were treated well. ww2dbase [Philippines Campaign, Phase 2 | Otoemon Hiroeda | Manila | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 23 Feb 1945

General Douglas MacArthur and Colonel James Corbett at the ruins of the Manila Hotel, Manila, Philippine Islands, 23 Feb 1945

24 Feb 1945

Philippines

Otoemon Hiroeda committed suicide with his sidearm in Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Otoemon Hiroeda | Manila | CPC]

1 Mar 1945

Philippines

Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands; she hit a mine in the Singapore Strait en route to Manila, but was able to arrive under her own power. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Manila | CPC]

2 Mar 1945

Photo(s) dated 2 Mar 1945

General Douglas MacArthur and Philippine President Sergio Osmeña aboard US Navy PT-373 for transportation to Corregidor, 2 Mar 1945.

24 May 1945

Philippines

Joseph Stilwell arrived in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Manila | CPC]

20 Aug 1945

Photo(s) dated 20 Aug 1945

Douglas MacArthur observing the arrival of the Japanese delegation, Manila City Hall, Philippine Islands, 20 Aug 1945

23 Aug 1945

Philippines

Douglas MacArthur ordered the release of all Filipinos, most of whom Japanese collaborators, who were interned by the US Army. He noted that their fates would be tried by the Filipino government, not by the US military. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | Manila | CPC]

30 Aug 1945

Philippines

Jonathan Wainwright arrived at Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Jonathan Wainwright | Manila | CPC]

1 Sep 1945

Philippines

USS Bailey shifted to Manila Bay, Luzon, Philippines. ww2dbase [Bailey | Manila, Luzon | DS]

23 Sep 1945

Philippines

The leftist political party Democratic Alliance staged a large rally in Manila, Philippines, demanding reforms, release of Huk leader Luis Trauc, and justice against war time collaborators. ww2dbase [Manila | CPC]

2 Oct 1945

Philippines

D. I. Ballantyne of Chase Bank, special advisor for banking to Philippine President Sergio Osmeña, arrived in Manila, Philippines. He was tasked to prepare a depreciation schedule for Japanese occupation currency. ww2dbase [Manila | CPC]

8 Oct 1945

Philippines

Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita was arraigned in war crimes court in the Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Tomoyuki Yamashita | Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Manila | CPC]

Photo(s) dated 8 Oct 1945

Clarke, Hamamoto, Yamashita, Hendricks, and Guy, at Yamashita

29 Oct 1945

Philippines

Trial against Japanese General Tomoyuki Yamashita began in Manila, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Tomoyuki Yamashita | Manila | CPC]

26 Dec 1945

Philippines

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived in Manila, Philippines. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Manila | DS]

29 Dec 1945

Philippines

USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Manila, Philippines with a load of US servicemen. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Manila | DS]

10 Jul 1949

Philippines

Chiang Kaishek departed Taipei, Taiwan, Republic of China by air for the Philippines for a two-day conference with Philippine President Elpidio Quirino at the Malacañang Palace in Manila. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Manila | CPC]

11 Jul 1949

Philippines

At the conclusion of a two-day conference between Chiang Kaishek of China and President Elpidio Quirino of the Philippines at the Malacañang Palace in Manila, Philippines, the two leaders issued a joint-declaration committing the two countries to closer economic and cultural ties, and expressed their wish for democratic nations of the far east to form an anti-communist alliance. At the press conference after the declaration, a journalist asked Quirino whether he would be willing to host Chiang Kaishek's government should it flee mainland China; Quirino said that should Chiang ask, he would host a Chinese government-in-exile in Manila. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Manila | CPC]

30 Dec 1953

Photo(s) dated 30 Dec 1953

Inauguration ceremony of President Ramón Magsaysay and Vice President Carlos Garcia, Independence Grandstand (now Quirino Grandstand), Rizal Park, Manila, Philippines, 30 Dec 1953

26 Aug 1955

Photo(s) dated 26 Aug 1955

Luz Magsaysay, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Ramón Magsaysay in Manila, Philippines, 26 Aug 1955

31 Mar 1957

Philippines

Ramón Magsaysay's burial ceremony was held at the Manila North Cemetery in Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines; about 2,000,000 people attended. ww2dbase [Ramón Magsaysay | Manila | CPC]

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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