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Philippines campaign (1944–45)

Philippines Campaign (1944–45)
Part of the Pacific Theatre of World War II
Douglas MacArthur lands Leyte1.jpg
General Douglas MacArthur, President Osmeña, and staff land at Palo, Leyte on October 20, 1944.
Date October 20, 1944 – September 2, 1945
Location Philippines
Result

Allied victory

Belligerents

 United States

 Australia (air and naval support)
 Mexico (air support) Non-government militias

Hukbalahap

 Empire of Japan

Commanders and leaders
United States Douglas MacArthur
United States Chester W. Nimitz
United States Walter Krueger
United States William Halsey, Jr.
United States Thomas C. Kinkaid
United States George C. Kenney
Commonwealth of the Philippines Sergio Osmena
Commonwealth of the Philippines Basilio J. Valdez
Commonwealth of the Philippines Ramon Magsaysay
Luis Taruc

Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita
Empire of Japan Akira Mutō
Empire of Japan Shigenori Kuroda
Empire of Japan Soemu Toyoda
Empire of Japan Takeo Kurita
Empire of Japan Jisaburō Ozawa

Empire of Japan Sanji Iwabuchi  
Units involved

United States Sixth Army

I Corps
XIV Corps
X Corps
XXIV Corps
Sixth Army Reserves

United States Eighth Army

XI Corps

Commonwealth of the Philippines Philippine Commonwealth Military

Commonwealth of the Philippines Resistance and Irregular Forces

United States Fifth Air Force

Naval elements:

United States Third Fleet
United States Seventh Fleet
Australia Task Force 74

Empire of Japan Fourteenth Area Army units include:

Empire of Japan 35th Army
Empire of Japan 41st Army

Aerial elements:

Empire of Japan Fourth Air Army
Empire of Japan 1st Naval Air Fleet
Empire of Japan 2nd Naval Air Fleet

Naval elements:

Empire of Japan 2nd Fleet
Empire of Japan 3rd Fleet
Empire of Japan 5th Fleet
Strength
United States 1,250,000
Commonwealth of the Philippines 260,715 (1945)
529,802
Casualties and losses

United States American

Manpower:

  • Army: 16,043 dead and missing,
    55,531 wounded
  • Navy: 7,270+ dead and wounded
  • Tens of thousands hospitalized due to disease

Total: 79,104+ dead and wounded

Materiel:

33+ ships sunk
95+ ships damaged
485+ aircraft

Commonwealth of the Philippines Filipino

Unknown, but high

Empire of Japan Japanese

Manpower: ~430,000 all-causes (80% from starvation or disease)

Materiel:

93+ ships sunk
1,300 aircraft

Allied victory

 United States

 Australia (air and naval support)
 Mexico (air support) Non-government militias

 Empire of Japan

Empire of Japan Tomoyuki Yamashita
Empire of Japan Akira Mutō
Empire of Japan Shigenori Kuroda
Empire of Japan Soemu Toyoda
Empire of Japan Takeo Kurita
Empire of Japan Jisaburō Ozawa


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