![]() Sword and Fire: Manila is a Historical Advanced Squad Leader (HASL) module covering the month-long American effort to wrest control of "The Pearl" from the Japanese. The Japanese commander of Manila, Admiral Sanji Iwabuchi, had no grand plan for victory just a fight to the death, taking as many American lives as possible. They reached the outskirts of Manila in the first week of February and prepared to assault the city. ![]() In January 1945, the Americans invaded Luzon. ![]() After more than two years of brutal Japanese occupation, General Douglas MacArthur "returned" to the Philippines in October 1944 at Leyte Gulf. ![]() With the fall of the Philippines in 1942, the Japanese turned Manila into an enormous supply depot serving as a hub from which supplies could be shipped to bases across the Pacific, all the while ruling the Philippines with an iron fist. It was also a strategically critical naval base, featuring the largest deep-water port in the Pacific. Manila, on the Philippine island of Luzon, was known throughout the world as "The Pearl of the Orient" for its lush gardens, modern buildings, and vibrant nightlife.
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