<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - uJenene MacArthur wasigcina isithembiso sakhe sokubuyela ePhilippines ngo - October 20, 1944. Ukufika esiqhingini saseLeyte  <response>: ayehambisana nebutho lemikhumbi engu - 700 namadoda angu - 174 000. Ngo-December 1944, iziqhingi zaseLeyte naseMindoro zasuswa amasosha aseJapane. Phakathi nalomkhankaso, iButho LaseJapane LaseJapane lahlela ukuzibulala ukuze livikele leziqhingi. Amadolobha anjengeManila aba amanxiwa. Kwafa abantu basePhilippines abangaba ngu-500,000 phakathi neNkathi Yokuhlala KwamaJapane. 