ka ndị America na-agbakọta na Manila site n'akụkụ dị iche iche, ha chọpụtara na ọtụtụ n'ime ndị agha Imperial Japanese Army na-agbachitere obodo ahụ ka a chụpụrụ na Baguio City, na iwu nke General Tomoyuki Yamashita, onye isi ndị ọchịagha nke ndị agha Japan na Philippines. Yamashita zubere itinye aka na ndị agha Filipino na ndị agha US na Northern Luzon na mgbasa ozi a haziri ahazi, na ebumnuche nke ịzụta oge maka iwulite nchebe megide mbuso agha nke ndị agha Allied na-echere na agwaetiti ndị Japan. O nwere ìgwè atọ dị n'okpuru ya: ndị ikom 80,000 nke Shimbu Group n'ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Manila, 30,000 nke Kembu Group n'ugwu ugwu Manila, na 152,000 na Shobubu Group n'ebe ugwu ọwụwa anyanwụ Manila. General Yamashita ekwuputaghị Manila dị ka obodo mepere emepe, ọ bụ ezie na General Douglas MacArthur mere ya tupu 1941.
Ndị agha Japan nọ na Philippines