Ka rite ki nga Amerikana converged i runga i Manila i ngā tohutohu rerekē, kitea e ratou i te nuinga o te Imperial Japanese ope ope ope tiaki i te pa i tangohia ki Baguio City, i runga i te whakahau o te General Tomoyuki Yamashita, rangatira i roto i te rangatira o te ope ope Japanese i roto i te Philippines. whakamahere Yamashita ki te uru Filipino me US ope i roto i te raki o Luzon i roto i te pakanga whakaritea, ki te whāinga o te hoko wa mo te hanga-ake o parenga ki te whakaekenga Allied e tatari ana o te motu kāinga Japanese. i ia e toru ngā rōpū matua i raro i tona whakahau: 80,000 tangata o te Rōpū Shimbu i roto i nga maunga o te rawhiti o Manila, 30,000 o te Rōpū Kembu i roto i nga pukepuke ki te raki o Manila, me 152,000 i roto i te Rōpū Shobu i roto i te raki-rawhiti o Manila.
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