<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo - 20 Okthoba 1944, ukuthunjwa kabusha kwePhilippines kwaqala lapho amabutho ahlangene ehla enyuka eLeyte Gulf  <response>: . futhi. Lo mkhankaso wamenyezelwa ukuthi usuphelile ngoJulayi 4, 1945. 