Philippines campaign (1944–1945)
October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945 · Philippines
Result Allied victory
American and Filipino forces retook the Philippines from Japan, starting with landings on Leyte. The fighting on Luzon and in Manila caused very heavy military and civilian losses.
Allies
Axis
Other
Strength and losses
Units
Eighth United States Army
24th Infantry Division (United States)
Mexican Army
Philippine Army
Philippine Revolutionary Army
Sixth Army (United States)
X Corps (United States)
United States Army Forces in the Far East
United States Army Forces in the Philippines – Northern Luzon
I Corps (United States)
43rd Infantry Division (United States)
6th Infantry Division (United States)
XI Corps (United States)
31st Infantry Division (United States)
38th Infantry Division (United States)
41st Infantry Division (United States)
93rd Infantry Division (United States)
Americal Division
503rd Infantry Regiment
XIV Corps (United States)
37th Infantry Division (United States)
Also under I Corps (United States)
40th Infantry Division (United States)
XXIV Corps (United States)
11th Airborne Division
Also under XIV Corps (United States)
25th Infantry Division (United States)
7th Infantry Division (United States)
96th Infantry Division (United States)
77th Sustainment Brigade
158th Infantry Regiment (United States)
6th Ranger Battalion
1st Cavalry Division (United States)
75th Ranger Regiment
201st Fighter Squadron
US Seventh Fleet off Vietnam
United States Third Fleet
Task Force 44
Fifth Air Force
Japanese 14th Area Army
103rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
105th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
19th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
23rd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
26th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
2nd Tank Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
Forty-First Army (Japan)
Thirty-Fifth Army (Japan)
102nd Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
100th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
10th Division (Japan)
16th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
1st Division (Japan)
30th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
6th Air Division (Japan)
7th Air Division (Japan)
8th Division (Imperial Japanese Army)
Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service
5th Fleet (Imperial Japanese Navy)
Combined Fleet
Japanese Third Fleet (1942)
Kido Butai
Japanese Second Fleet
Battles 7
- Battle of Leyte October 17 – December 31, 1944 · Allied victory
- Battle of Mindoro December 13–16, 1944 · Allied victory
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Battle of Luzon January 9 – August 15, 1945 · Allied victory
- Invasion of Lingayen Gulf January 6–9, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Baguio February 21 – April 26, 1945 · Allied victory
- Invasion of Palawan February 28 – April 22, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Mindanao March 10 – August 15, 1945 · Allied victory
- Battle of Visayas March 18 – July 30, 1945 · Allied victory





















