<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuPacific, mauto eU.S. akapfuurira kudzora nharaunda yeJapan. Pakati paJune 1944, vakatanga kurwisa kwavo zvitsuwa zveMariana nePalau ndokukunda zvine mutsindo mauto eJapan muHondo yeGungwa rePhilippine. Kukundwa uku kwakatungamirira kukurega basa kwaGurukota reJapan, Hideki Tojo, uye kwakapa United States nzvimbo dzendege dzokutanga kurwisa kukuru kwokubhomba kukuru pazvitsuwa zveJapan. Pakupera kwaOctober, mauto eAmerica  <response>: vakapinda muchitsuwa chePhilippine cheLeyte; nokukurumidza pashure pacho, mauto ehondo ehondo eAllied akawana kumwe kukunda kukuru muHondo yeLeyte Gulf, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa dzomugungwa munhau. 