Sezvo maAmerican akaungana paManila kubva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana, vakaona kuti mazhinji emauto eImperial Japanese Army achidzivirira guta akaburitswa kuBaguio City, pakuraira kwaGeneral Tomoyuki Yamashita, mukuru mukuru wemauto eJapan Army muPhilippines. Yamashita akaronga kuita maPhilippine nemauto eU.S. kuchamhembe kweLuzon mushandirapamwe wakabatana, nechinangwa chekutenga nguva yekuvaka zvombo zvekudzivirira kurwisa Allied invasion yeJapan. Aive nemapoka matatu makuru pasi pake: varume zviuru makumi masere veShimbu Group mumakomo ekumabvazuva kweManila, makumi matatu ezviuru zveKembu Group mumakomo ekuchamhembe kweManila, uye 152,000 muShobu Group kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweManila.
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