<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ngemva kwalokhu, uMacArthur waveza inkolelo yakhe yokuthi kwakudingeka ukuzama ukubuyisa iPhilippines. Umkhuzi wamabutho ase-United States asePacific u-Admiral Chester Nimitz kanye noMphathi Wezemisebenzi Yezempi Yasolwandle u-Admiral Ernest King bobabili baphikisana nalo mbono, bethi kumelwe ulinde kuze kube yilapho ukunqoba kuqinisekile. UMacArthur kwadingeka alinde iminyaka emibili ukuba isifiso sakhe sigcwaliseke; kwaba ngo-1944 ngaphambi kokuba kuqalwe umkhankaso wokubuyisa iPhilippines. Isiqhingi saseLeyte sasiyinjongo yokuqala yalo mkhankaso, esabanjwa ekupheleni kuka-December 1944. Lokhu kwalandelwa ukuhlasela iMindoro  <response>: futhi kamuva, eLuzon. 