 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Boka racho rakapiwa basa kuuto reChitanhatu reUnited States mukugadzirira kurwisa muPhilippineskubva kuzvinhu zvePhilippine Commonwealth Army, Philippine Constabulary uye zvikamu zvema guerilla zvinozivikanwa. Musi wa 9 Ndira 1945, I Corps yakabudirira kumhara pamhenderekedzo yeLingayen Gulf kuNorthern Luzon nechinangwa chekumisikidza hwaro hwekushanda mune ramangwana kuchamhembe nekuramba muvengi kuchamhembe kusvika kuSouth China Sea. Sorutivi rweChitanhatu Hondo ine simba rose revarume 175 000, mauto eAmerica akatarisana navaJapan vanopfuura 260 000 muLuzon. Mukutyaira kwakasimba kwemazuva makumi matatu nemana kwakafukidza makiromita zana, I Corps yakayambuka pakati peLuzon uye nokudaro yakaparadzanisa mauto eJapan kuchamhembe kubva kune avo vari kumaodzanyemba kweLuzon, vachiparadza mauto eJapan ane zvombo munzira. Zvimwe zvikwata zvakatorwa kuSamar nePalawan munaFebruary, zvichideredza kumanikidzwa kwemauto eI Corps. Zvichitevera kubudirira uku, boka racho rakatendeukira kuchamhembe ndokutanga kuderedza zvakarongeka nzvimbo dzemuvengi pakusvika kuCagayan Valley. Kupinda mumupata kwakateverwa nokushandisa nokukurumidza uko kwakatora mapoka kumhenderekedzo yegungwa yokuchamhembe. Kufambira mberi uku kwakafukidza makiromita mazana maviri mumazuva anodarika zana; kubvisa kurwisa kunobudirira kwevavengi kuchamhembe kweLuzon. Manila yakatorwazve nemauto eMubatanidzwa pashure pokurwisana kwakasimba kwakaparadza guta racho. Kurwisana kwakasimba kwakatevera kwakauraya 8.000 uye 30 000 vakakuvadzwa muuto rechitanhatu, zvichienzaniswa ne190.000 vakafa veJapan. Sezvo Hondo Yechitanhatu yakapedza maJapan paLuzon, Hondo Yechisere yeUnited States kumaodzanyemba yakatumira mauto muPhilippines yose kuti abvise kuramba kweJapan kwakanga kwasara pazvitsuwa. Mauto echigumi eUnited States ari kuchamhembe akatanga kuchengetedza Okinawa neIwo Jima. Nokukundwa kwechiJapan munzvimbo imwe neimwe iyi, mauto eU.S. aiva nenzvimbo dzokutanga kurwisa kubva kwairi kupinda muJapan. 