<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - E-Pacific theatre, amabutho aseMelika ahambisana namabutho e-Commonwealth yasePhilippines athuthukela ePhilippines, ahlanza iLeyte  <response>: ekupheleni kuka-April 1945. Afikela eLuzon ngoJanuwari 1945 futhi aphinde athatha iManila ngoMashi. Ukulwa kwaqhubeka eLuzon, eMindanao, nakwezinye iziqhingi zasePhilippines kwaze kwaba sekupheleni kwempi. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, i - United States Army Air Forces yaqala umkhankaso omkhulu wokuqhumisa ngamabhomu amadolobha ayisihluthulelo eJapane ngomzamo wokubhubhisa imboni yempi yaseJapane nesimilo sabantu. Ukuhlaselwa ngamabhomu okubhubhisayo eTokyo ngo-March 9 kuya ku-10 kwakuwukuhlaselwa ngamabhomu okuvamile okubulala kakhulu emlandweni. 