<prompt> The Philippines campaign, Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines , codenamed Operation Musketeer I, II, and III , was the American, Mexican, Australian and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. Mauto eJapan akapamba Philippines yose mukati mehafu yokutanga ya1942. Kusunungurwa kwePhilippines kwakatanga nokumhara kwezvikepe zvomumvura pachitsuwa chiri kumabvazuva kwePhilippines cheLeyte musi waOctober 20, 1944. Mauto eUnited States nePhilippine Commonwealth akanga achifambira mberi mukusunungura ndima nezvitsuwa apo mauto eJapan muPhilippines akarayirwa neTokyo kuti azviise pana August 15, 1945, pashure pokudonhedzwa kwamabhomba eatomu kunyika huru yeJapan nokupinda kweSoviet muManchuria  <response>: . 