<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Umkhankaso wasePhilippines, iMpi yasePhilippines noma i-Liberation of the Philippines , ogama layo eliyimfihlo i-Operation Musketeer I, II, ne-III , kwakuwumkhankaso waseMelika, waseMexico, wase-Australia nowasePhilippines wokunqoba nokuxosha amabutho aseJapan asePhilippines phakathi neMpi Yezwe II. Phakathi nengxenye yokuqala ka-1942, amabutho aseJapane ahlasela lonke elasePhilippines. Ukukhululwa kwePhilippines kwaqala ngokufika kwamabutho asempumalanga esiqhingini sasePhilippines iLeyte ngo-October 20, 1944. Amabutho ezempi ase-United States nawasePhilippine Commonwealth ayethuthuka ekukhululeni insimu neziqhingi lapho amabutho aseJapane asePhilippines eyalelwa ukuba azinikele yiTokyo ngo-August 15, 1945, ngemva kokulahla amabhomu e-athomu ezweni laseJapane nokuhlasela kweSoviet iManchuria  <response>: . futhi. 