Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945)

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World War II battle military campaign

The Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) was a major Pacific campaign in which Allied forces liberated the Philippine archipelago from Japanese occupation, decisively weakening Japan’s strategic position near the end of World War II.

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All labels observed (25)

Label	Occurrences
Philippines campaign (1944–1945)	61
Philippines Campaign (1944–1945)	13
Battle of Luzon	4
Philippines campaign of 1944–1945	4
Allied liberation of the Philippines	2
Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) canonical	2
Invasion of Lingayen Gulf	2
World War II in the Philippines	2
Allied invasion of Leyte	1
Allied landings in the Philippines	1
Battle of the Philippines (1944–45)	1
Invasion of Leyte	1
Invasion of Luzon	1
Invasion of the Philippines (1944–1945)	1
Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1944)	1
Liberation of the Philippines	1
Luzon operation	1
Philippines campaign (South West Pacific sector)	1
Philippines campaign (World War II)	1
Philippines campaign air operations	1
Philippines campaign of 1944	1
Sixth Army operations in the Philippines campaign (1944–1945)	1
Southern Philippines campaign	1
U.S. invasion of Leyte	1
United States forces in the Philippines	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
belligerent	Philippines ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of the Philippines Japan ⓘ surface form: Empire of Japan Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ surface form: Philippine guerrilla forces United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
casualties	heavy Japanese military losses ⓘ heavy civilian casualties in the Philippines ⓘ significant Allied military casualties ⓘ
combatType	amphibious warfare ⓘ urban warfare ⓘ
commander	Douglas MacArthur ⓘ Rikichi Tsukada ⓘ Tomoyuki Yamashita ⓘ Walter Krueger ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
countryLiberated	Philippines ⓘ
endDate	1945-09-02 ⓘ
followedBy	Battle of Okinawa ⓘ surface form: Allied invasion of Okinawa
historicalPeriod	1940s ⓘ
includedOperation	Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ surface form: Battle of Leyte Battle of Leyte Gulf ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Battle of Luzon Battle of Manila (1945) ⓘ Battle of Mindanao (1945) ⓘ Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Leyte Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Invasion of Lingayen Gulf Battle of the Philippines (1944–1945) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Southern Philippines campaign
location	Leyte ⓘ Luzon ⓘ Mindanao ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Visayas ⓘ
notableEvent	MacArthur’s return to the Philippines ⓘ destruction of Manila ⓘ
objective	cut Japanese supply and communication lines ⓘ liberate the Philippine Islands ⓘ
partOf	South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Allied campaign in the Southwest Pacific Pacific War ⓘ
precededBy	Philippines campaign (1941–1942) ⓘ surface form: Japanese invasion of the Philippines (1941–1942)
relatedTo	Philippine Commonwealth Army ⓘ Philippine guerrilla resistance ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ collapse of Japanese control over the Philippine archipelago ⓘ liberation of the Philippines from Japanese occupation ⓘ
startDate	1944-10-20 ⓘ
strategicImportance	secured bases for operations against Japan ⓘ severed Japan’s access to resources from Southeast Asia ⓘ
theater	Pacific War ⓘ surface form: Pacific Ocean theater of World War II South West Pacific Area ⓘ surface form: Southwest Pacific Area

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