Battle of Luzon

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battle military campaign

The Battle of Luzon was a major World War II campaign in the Philippines in 1945, in which Allied forces liberated the island of Luzon from Japanese occupation, culminating in the recapture of Manila.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Luzon campaign	5
Invasion of Luzon	2
Luzon Campaign	1
Luzon air campaign	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	battle ⓘ military campaign ⓘ
AlliedStrategy	amphibious landings at Lingayen Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ rapid advance toward Manila ⓘ
belligerent	Allied forces ⓘ Imperial Japanese Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
campaignCommander	Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ
casualties	heavy on both sides ⓘ
civilianImpact	large civilian casualties in Manila ⓘ severe destruction in Manila ⓘ
commander	Douglas MacArthur NERFINISHED ⓘ Tomoyuki Yamashita NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflictOf	World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Asia ⓘ
countryInvolved	Commonwealth of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Empire of Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfInvasion	1945-01-09 ⓘ
endDate	1945-08-15 ⓘ
followedBy	mopping-up operations against remaining Japanese pockets on Luzon ⓘ
forcesInvolved	Japanese 14th Area Army NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine Commonwealth Army units ⓘ Philippine guerrilla forces ⓘ U.S. Eighth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Sixth Army NERFINISHED ⓘ
JapaneseStrategy	defense in depth in northern Luzon ⓘ prolonged resistance to delay Allied advance ⓘ
location	Luzon NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEngagement	Battle of Balete Pass NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Bataan (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Manila (1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Villa Verde Trail NERFINISHED ⓘ
objective	liberation of Luzon from Japanese occupation ⓘ recapture of Manila ⓘ
operation	Invasion of Lingayen Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Philippines campaign (1944–1945) NERFINISHED ⓘ
precededBy	Battle of Leyte NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryLandingArea	Lingayen Gulf NERFINISHED ⓘ
result	Allied victory ⓘ
significance	decisive in liberating the Philippines ⓘ eliminated major Japanese forces in the Philippines ⓘ
startDate	1945-01-09 ⓘ
strategicImportance	access to South China Sea ⓘ control of Manila Bay ⓘ largest island of the Philippines ⓘ
theater	Pacific Theater of World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ
year	1945 ⓘ

Referenced by (15)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manila American Cemetery → notableCampaignsCommemorated → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

Far Eastern Air Forces → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon air campaign

USS Louisville (CA-28) → participatedIn → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon campaign

32nd Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon campaign

32nd Infantry Division → engagement → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

USS Buchanan → participatedIn → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Luzon

USS New Mexico (BB-40) → tookPartIn → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Invasion of Luzon

U.S. Sixth Army → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon campaign

25th Infantry Division → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon Campaign

Alamo Force → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon campaign

United States forces in the Philippines → engagement → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

Japanese Fourteenth Area Army → notableEngagement → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

2nd Infantry Division (Japan) → conflict → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

11th Airborne Division → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ

this entity surface form: Luzon campaign

EUSA → notableOperation → Battle of Luzon ⓘ