<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - AmaJapane ahlasela enyakatho yeLuzon ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ngemuva kokuhlaselwa kwePearl Harbor ngoDisemba 7, 1941 okwaletha i-US empini. Baqhubekela phambili ngokushesha, nokunye ukufika kwezinye izindawo, ikakhulukazi eLegazpi eningizimu-mpumalanga yeLuzon ngoDisemba 12, eDavao eMindanao ngoDisemba 20, naseLingayen Gulf ngoDisemba 22. NgoDisemba 26, 1941 uManila wamenyezelwa njengedolobha elivulekile, uhulumeni wasePhilippines kanye nendlunkulu kaMacArthur basuswa baya eMalinta Tunnel. Phakathi kokukhishwa kwabantu, umcimbi wokugcotshwa kabusha kukaMongameli wasePhilippines uManuel Quezon wesibili wabanjwa ngaphandle nje komhubhe ngoDisemba 30. AmaJapane angena eManila ngo - January 2, 1942. Ezinsukwini ezinhlanu kamuva amabutho ase-U.S. nawasePhilippines aqeda ukuhoxa empini eya enhlonhlweni yaseBataan, enyakatho-ntshonalanga yeCorregidor, futhi alungiselela ukuyivikela. Enyakatho yePhilippines, lokhu kwashiya iBataan, iCorregidor, neFort Hughes, iFrank, neDrum kuphela ezandleni zamaSosha. Lesi simo sasilindelwe ku-War Plan Orange-3 yangaphambi kwempi, ngaphansi kwayo amabutho asePhilippines kwakulindeleke ukuthi abambe umlomo weManila Bay izinyanga eziyisithupha. Ngaleso sikhathi kwakulindeleke ukuba kufike ithimba losizo elivela e - U.S. Ujenene MacArthur wayethemba ukuthi uzovikela i-Philippines ngokuqinile ngaphansi koHlelo lwe-Rainbow, futhi wakwazi ukuthola ezinye izinsiza ezinyangeni ezandulela ukungena kwe-US empini, kodwa lokhu kwawa ngokuqhubekela phambili okusheshayo kweJapane ngoDisemba 1941. Futhi, njengoba cishe yonke imikhumbi yempi yePacific Fleet yacwila noma yalimala ePearl Harbor, futhi amaJapane ayeqhubekela phambili ezingxenyeni eziningana zaseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia ngesilinganiso esikhulu kakhulu kunalokho okwakulindelekile, akukho usizo olwaluhlelekile. Nakuba amabutho asePhilippines ayenza imisebenzi eminingi yokulwa namabutho aseMelika, amabutho aseMelika awazange abuyele ngamandla ePhilippines kwaze kwaba yilapho ehlasela iGulf of Leyte  <response>: ngo-October ka-1944. 