<prompt> Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Philippines ndiyo yaiva nzvimbo ine ropa zvikurusa yehondo nokuda kwoumambo hwekupinda, ine varwi vechiJapan vanosvika 498 600 vakaurawa mukurwisana nechiPhilippine chinopikisa pamwe chete navarwi veAmerica, chiverengero chikuru zvikuru chavakarasikirwa nacho kana chienzaniswa nenzvimbo yechipiri, China yose, iyo yakaparira vaJapan vanenge 455 700 vakarasikirwa. Kubatwa kwePhilippines neJapan kwakaguma pakapera hondo. Pamasikati okusunungurwa kwePhilippines, mauto eAllied neHurumende yeJapan akarwa hondo huru zvikurusa yomugungwa munhau, maererano nehomwe huru muHondo yeLeyte Gulf. Mauto eAmerica akanga ave achirwa Hondo yePhilippines kubvira muna October 1944, apo Mauto eChitanhatu eUnited States aMacArthur akasvika  <response>: MuLeyte. Kumhara mune dzimwe nzvimbo dzenyika kwakanga kwatevera, uye vaAllies, pamwe chete nemauto ePhilippine Commonwealth, vakasundira kuManila. Zvisinei, kurwisana kwakaramba kuchienderera mberi kutozosvikira Japan yazviisa pasi zviri pamutemo pana September 2, 1945. Mauto eU.S. anenge 10 000 akanga asipo muchiito muPhilippines pakapera hondo, akawanda kupfuura mune imwe nyika ipi neipi muPacific kana kuti muEurope. Philippines yakarasikirwa noupenyu hwakawanda nokuparadzwa kukuru, zvikurukuru mukati meHondo yeManila. Vanhu vanofungidzirwa kuva miriyoni 1 vokuPhilippines vakanga vaurawa, rutivi rukuru mukati memwedzi yokupedzisira yehondo, uye Manila akanga akuvadzwa zvikuru. 