 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MuPacific, mauto eU.S. akapfuurira kudzora nharaunda yeJapan. Pakati paJune 1944, vakatanga kurwisa zvitsuwa zveMariana nePalauuye akakunda zvine mutsindo mauto eJapan muHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine. Kukundwa uku kwakatungamirira kukurega basa kwaGurukota reJapan, Hideki Tojo, uye kwakapa United States nzvimbo dzendege dzokutanga kurwisa kukuru kwokubhomba kukuru pazvitsuwa zveJapan. Pakupera kwaOctober, mauto eAmerica akapinda muchitsuwa chePhilippine cheLeyte; nokukurumidza pashure pacho, mauto ehondo eAllied akawana kumwe kukunda kukuru muHondo yeLeyte Gulf, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa dzomugungwa munhau. 