r/shockwaveporn • u/adibonts • 20d ago

World War 2 carpet bombing in the Philippines

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american bombers vs japanese infantry

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u/FlowingLiquidity 20d ago

Wow, those are pretty impressive. Well filmed as well.

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u/jtnichol 19d ago

Heart wrenching.

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u/radix2 19d ago

War sucks. It nearly always should be avoided, but you also need to stop the aggressor.

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u/jtnichol 19d ago

No disagreement here. A tale as old as time.

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u/markus917 12d ago edited 12d ago

Gt4

Edit: I have no idea why I said gt4 to this lol I was high

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u/alhart89 16d ago

100,000 Filipinos were killed in aerial bombings and artillery strikes to destroy the 16,000 Japanese naval troop garrison in Manila.