Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Mwedzi mishomanana izvi zvaitika, MacArthur akataura kuti aifunga kuti zvaiva zvakakodzera kuedza kutorazve Philippines. Mutungamiriri weU.S. Pacific Admiral Chester Nimitz uye Mutungamiriri weNaval Operations Admiral Ernest King vose vaipesana nepfungwa iyi, vachitaura kuti inofanira kumirira kusvikira kukunda kwave kuri kwechokwadi. MacArthur aifanira kumirira makore maviri kuti chishuvo chake chiitike; kwakanga kuri muna 1944 mushandirapamwe wokutorazve Philippines usati watangwa. Chitsuwa cheLeyte ndicho chaiva chinangwa chokutanga chokurwisa, icho chakakundwa pakupera kwaDecember 1944. Ikoku kwakateverwa ne
kurwisa Mindoro uye gare gare, Luzon.