<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - NgoNovemba 1944, lesi sikhali sathuthelwa ePacific Fleet, futhi sabamba iqhaza eMkhankasweni waseLeyte  <response>: ngenkathi unamathele. Ngemuva kokudluliselwa e-Okinawa, leli qembu lahlasela izinqaba zaseFormosa ngoJanuwari 1945, lasekela ukuhlaselwa kwe-Iwo Jima ngoFebhuwari, labamba iqhaza ekuhlaselweni kokuqala komthwali wemikhumbi yempi eTokyo, futhi laqeda imisebenzi yempi yasePacific ngokuhlasela i-Okinawa ekuqaleni kukaMashi 1945. 