<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuba iSaipan iholele ekuhoxisweni kukaTojo njengondunankulu, kwanyatheliswa umbiko onembile wokuwa kweSaipan ngamasosha nemikhumbi yempi, kuhlanganise nokulahlekelwa cishe ngokuphelele kwawo wonke amasosha aseJapane nabantu abavamile esiqhingini, nokusetshenziswa kwezibhamu zabantu, okwaholela abaningi ukuba baphethe ngokuthi impi yayihluliwe. Lezi kwakuyizindaba zokuqala zempi ezingacwaningiwe ezazikhishwe kusukela ngo-1938, phakathi nempi neChina. Impi yePhilippine Sea eyayiyinhlekelele ngesikhathi esisodwa yayisafihlekile ngendlela yakudala. Impi yaseFormosa kwathiwa iwukunqoba, futhi kwathiwa iholidi, kuyilapho empeleni amaMelika ayelimaze kakhulu futhi esusa izindiza ezazidingeka ukuze kuvikelwe iPhilippines. Abashayeli bezindiza abangenakho okuhlangenwe nakho babika ukuhlaselwa okulimaza emikhunjini ye - United States Third Fleet ngaphambi nje kokuba  <response>: Impi yaseLeyte, eyamukelwa njengenani elibonakalayo lapho empeleni abashayeli bezindiza bengazange bacwilise umkhumbi owodwa. Ukuhlasela kokuzibulala kokuqala nakho kwavezwa njengokuyimpumelelo ekubangeleni umonakalo, ngokuphambene namaqiniso. 