<prompt> Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - mauto eU.S. akadzokera kuPhilippines mukupinda kukuru paLeyte  <response>: kutanga musi wa20 October 1944. Imperial Japanese Navy yakarwisa ngarava dzokupinda muna 23-26 Gumiguru muHondo yeLeyte Gulf, hondo huru yehondo yehondo, asi yakadzoswa nekurasikirwa kukuru. Muna December 1944 Fort Wint yakanga isina vanhu yakatorwazve pasina kupfurwa pfuti imwe. Pakuvamba kwaFebruary 1945 rutivi rukuru rwenharaunda yeManila nechikamu cheBataan zvakanga zvachengetedzwa. Corregidor ndicho chaiva chipingamupinyi chikuru pakuzarurazve Manila Bay kuti ngarava dzifambe. Basa rine ngozi rokutorazve chitsuwa chacho kupfurikidza nokurwisa kunenge kuri panguva imwe chete kunobva mudenga uye kunobva pasi rakagadzirwa. Kupinda kwakagadzirirwa musi wa 16 February uye kwakatangira nokurwiswa nendege uye nezvikepe zvegungwa. Kurwisa kwaibva mudenga kwaifanira kuitika paTopside, nzvimbo yakakwirira kumadokero kwechitsuwa chacho. Nzvimbo duku mbiri bedzi dzokudonhera, nhandare yemitambo uye yaichimbova gorufu, dzaiwanika. Urongwa hwacho hwose hwaiva hwokutanga kurwiswa nendege na8: 30, kumhara kwezvikepe zvepasi na10: 30, uye kusimudzwa nendege kwechipiri na12: 15. Mauto airborne akanga ari 503rd Parachute Regimental Combat Team yaLieutenant Colonel George M. Jones, ne parachute field artillery battalion yakabatanidzwa. Kurwiswa kwezvikepe zvepasi pasi kwakaitwa neuto rakasimbiswa re3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment ye24th Infantry Division. 