Battle of Luzon
... that though they had lost all strategically and economically important locations of Luzon in the Battle of Luzon, pockets of Japanese forces held out until Japan surrendered in World War II?
... that though they had lost all strategically and economically important locations of <a href="./Luzon" id="mwEnw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Luzon">Luzon</a> in the <b id="mwEn0"><a href="./Battle_of_Luzon" id="mwEn4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Luzon">Battle of Luzon</a></b>, pockets of <a href="./Imperial_Japanese_Army" id="mwEn8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Imperial Japanese Army">Japanese forces</a> held out until <a href="./Victory_over_Japan_Day" id="mwEoA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Victory over Japan Day">Japan surrendered</a> in <a href="./World_War_II" id="mwEoE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>?