<P> The Philippines campaign , the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines ( Filipino : Kampanya ng Pilipinas , Labanan sa Pilipinas & Liberasyon sa Pilipinas ) , ( Operation Musketeer I , II , and III ) ( Filipino : Operasyon Mosketero I , II , at III ) , was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II . The Japanese Army overran all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942 . The liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20 , 1944 . United States and Philippine Commonwealth military forces were progressing in liberating territory and islands when the Japanese forces in the Philippines were ordered to surrender by Tokyo on August 15 , 1945 , after the dropping of the atomic bombs on mainland Japan and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria . </P>
<P> The Philippines campaign , the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines ( Filipino : Kampanya ng Pilipinas , Labanan sa Pilipinas & Liberasyon sa Pilipinas ) , ( Operation Musketeer I , II , and III ) ( Filipino : Operasyon Mosketero I , II , at III ) , was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II . The Japanese Army overran all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942 . The liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20 , 1944 . United States and Philippine Commonwealth military forces were progressing in liberating territory and islands when the Japanese forces in the Philippines were ordered to surrender by Tokyo on August 15 , 1945 , after the dropping of the atomic bombs on mainland Japan and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria . </P>
when did the us invaded the philippines in ww2
when did the us invaded the philippines in ww2
October 20 , 1944
October 20 , 1944