<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo:  <response>: ukuhlasela eLeyte kwaqala ngomhlaka 20 Okthoba 1944. I-Imperial Navy yaseJapane yahlasela imikhumbi yokuhlasela ngo-23 kuya ku-26 Okthoba eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf, impi enkulu kakhulu yasolwandle yempi, kodwa yachithwa ngokulahlekelwa okukhulu. Ngo-December 1944 iFort Wint eyayingenamuntu yabuyiselwa ngaphandle kokudubula ngisho nesibhamu esisodwa. Ekuqaleni kuka-February 1945 ingxenye enkulu yendawo yaseManila nengxenye yeBataan yayisivikelekile. ICorregidor yayiyisithiyo esikhulu ekuvuleni kabusha iManila Bay emkhunjini. Kwaqanjwa inqubo eyingozi yokubuyisa lesi siqhingi ngokuhlaselwa cishe ngasikhathi sinye ngezindiza nangama-amphibians. Lokhu kuhlasela kwahlelelwa uFebhuwari 16 futhi kwandulelwa ukuhlaselwa ngamabhomu asemoyeni nangasolwandle. Ukuhlasela ngezindiza kwakuzokwenzeka eTopside, indawo ephakeme esentshonalanga yalesi siqhingi. Izindawo ezimbili kuphela ezincane zokwehla, indawo yemibukiso kanye nendawo eyayikade igalofu, kwakuyizo ezazikhona. Uhlelo jikelele lwalungolokuqala ukuhlaselwa emoyeni ngo-0830, ukufika kwe-amphibian ngo-1030, nokwenyuka kwesibili emoyeni ngo-1215. Amandla asemoyeni kwakungu-503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team kaLieutenant Colonel George M. Jones, kanye nebutho le-artillery lase-parachute elifakiwe. Ukuhlaselwa kwe-amphibious kwenziwa yi- 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment of the 24th Infantry Division. 