✦ History

Philippines campaign (1944–1945)

October 20, 1944 – August 15, 1945

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.

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Battles 7

October 17 – December 31, 1944
Battle of Leyte Allied victory Douglas MacArthur, Sergio Osmeña, Tomoyuki Yamashita
December 13–16, 1944
Battle of Mindoro Allied victory
January 9 – August 15, 1945
Battle of Luzon Allied victory Akira Mutō, Douglas MacArthur, Tomoyuki Yamashita
February 21 – April 26, 1945
Battle of Baguio Allied victory Tomoyuki Yamashita, Robert S. Beightler, Walter Krueger
February 28 – April 22, 1945
Invasion of Palawan Allied victory Sōsaku Suzuki, Thomas Cassin Kinkaid, Robert L. Eichelberger
March 10 – August 15, 1945
Battle of Mindanao Allied victory Mindanao Robert L. Eichelberger, Franklin C. Sibert
March 18 – July 30, 1945
Battle of Visayas Allied victory Sōsaku Suzuki, Robert L. Eichelberger

Key commanders

Allies 10

Douglas MacArthur military commander Sergio Osmeña belligerent leader Thomas Cassin Kinkaid military commander Walter Krueger military commander Franklin C. Sibert military commander George Kenney military commander Robert L. Eichelberger military commander Oscar Griswold military commander William Halsey Jr. military commander Robert S. Beightler military commander

Axis 11

Tomoyuki Yamashita military commander Hisaichi Terauchi military commander Sōsaku Suzuki military commander Akira Mutō military commander Shizuo Yokoyama military commander Jisaburō Ozawa military commander Takeo Kurita military commander Sanji Iwabuchi military commander Takaji Wachi military commander Soemu Toyoda military commander Shōji Nishimura military commander