Liberation of The Philippines
Liberation of The Philippines General Douglas A MacArthur, Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, saw the liberation of the Philippines Archipelago as the launching board for the invasion of the…
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Liberation of The Philippines
General Douglas A MacArthur, Commander of the Southwest Pacific Area, saw the liberation of the Philippines Archipelago as the launching board for the invasion of the Japanese Home Islands. By 25 December the island was cleared opening the way for Lieutenant General Walter Krueger's Sixth Army to invade Luzon on 9 January 1945. By late 1944, with the capture of New Guinea and surrounding islands, the US Sixth and Eighth Armies were poised for the challenge.American forces landed on Leyte on 20 October 1944 with the Leyte Gulf naval battle quickly following.
Manila finally fell on 4 March. Bitter Japanese resistance required Eichelberger's Eighth Army as reinforcements. In the meantime Bataan was captured on 16 February and Corregidor on 2 March after a US airborne assault.
Fighting continued and MacArthur finally declared the liberation of the Archipelago on 5 July, just a
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