<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngesikhathi umkhankaso waseNingizimu-ntshonalanga yePacific uqhubeka, amabutho ase-U.S. aqala ukuhlasela ePacific Ephakathi, aqala ngeMpi YaseTarawa ngo-November 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. Izwe laseMelika  <response>: yafika esiqhingini sasePhilippine iLeyte ngo-Okthoba 1944, yabangela ukusabela kwamasosha asolwandle aseJapane, njengoba iziQhingi zasePhilippine 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. 