 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Mauto aMacArthur akabatana akaburuka pachitsuwa cheLeyte musi wa20 Gumiguru 1944, achiperekedzwa naOsmeña, uyo akange atora chigaro chehutungamiriri hweCommonwealth parufu rwaQuezon musi wa1 Nyamavhuvhu 1944. Zvadaro takatanga kumhara pachitsuwa cheMindorouye yakapoteredza Lingayen Gulf kurutivi rwokumadokero rweLuzon, uye kusundira kuManila kwakatangwa. Commonwealth yePhilippines yakadzorerwa. Kurwa kwakanga kwakakasharara, zvikurukuru mumakomo okuchamhembe kweLuzon, uko mauto eJapane akanga adzokerazve, uye muManila, uko vakaratidzira kuramba kwokupedzisira. Mauto ePhilippine Commonwealth namapoka anobvumwa evarwi vamapoka emagandanga akamuka kwose kwose nokuda kwokudenha kwokupedzisira. Vapanduki vePhilippines vakaitawo basa guru mukati mokusunungurwa. Rimwe boka remagandanga rakauya kuzotsiva boka reAmerica raiumbwa nguva dzose, uye mamwe masimba emagandanga ehukuru hwebhati uye regiment akawedzera nhamburiko dzezvikamu zveU.S. Army. Mukuwedzera, vagari vePhilippines vaishanda pamwe chete vakarerutsa zvinetso zvekupa, kuvaka uye kutungamirirwa kwevanhu uye zvakare vakarerutsa basa remauto eAllied mukutorazve nyika. 