<prompt> Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - 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. Mukupera kwaOctober, mauto eAmerica akapinda muchitsuwa chePhilippines cheLeyte  <response>: Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, mauto ehondo eAllied akarova kumwe kukunda kukuru muHondo yeLeyte Gulf, imwe yehondo huru zvikurusa dzegungwa munhau. 