<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngesikhathi umkhankaso waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga yePacific uqhubeka, amabutho ase-U.S. aqala ukuhlasela ePacific Central, aqala ngeMpi yaseTarawa ngoNovemba 1943. Ngokulandelayo i - U.S. yathatha izikhundla zaseJapane eMarshall Islands naseCaroline Islands. Ngo - June 1944, i - U.S. yahlasela i - Saipan, eMariana Islands, yathola ukulawula lesi siqhingi ekuqaleni kuka - July kwafa abantu abayizinkulungwane eziyishumi nane. Njengoba iMpi YaseSaipan yayiqhubeka, i - U.S. yanqoba kakhulu eMpini YaseLwandle LwasePhilippine, yacwilisa imikhumbi yezindiza ezintathu zaseJapane. NgoJulayi 1944, uRoosevelt wahlangana noNimitz noMacArthur, lapho agunyaza khona ukuqhubeka kwemikhankaso eSouthwest Pacific naseCentral Pacific. Amandla kaMacArthur ayezoqhubeka nokuqhubekela phambili ngasePhilippines, kuyilapho umkhankaso waseCentral Pacific wawuzoqhubekela phambili ngaseJapane. I - U.S. yafika  <response>: esiqhingini sasePhilippines iLeyte ngo-Okthoba 1944, okwabangela impendulo yemikhumbi yempi yaseJapane, njengoba iziQhingi zasePhilippines zazigcina isikhundla esibucayi emzileni wokulethwa kukawoyela waseJapane ovela eDutch East Indies. Imikhumbi yempi yaseJapane yacekelwa phansi eMpini yaseLeyte Gulf eyaba umphumela, ngezinye izikhathi okuthiwa yimpi yemikhumbi yempi enkulu kunazo zonke emlandweni. Amabutho kaMacArthur athatha iLeyte ngo-December futhi ayesephinde athatha ingxenye enkulu yePhilippines ngo-March 1945. 