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As North american and Filipino troops were in the process to be defeated in the Philippines, Basic Douglas MacArthur, his family, and his closest advisors were smuggled out of the Philippines on PT boats. From there they surged across the black ocean to Mindanao and were picked up by American B-17 bombers. They stealthily flew to north Australia, an unhealthy air travel over Japanese-held place. On March 18, 1942, MacArthur satisfied the built press at Adelaide and told them, "I came through and I shall return". What would go down ever sold, and MacArthur would eventually fulfill the vow. Within the wake of the plan, Japan occupied the united states and went on to expand their place in the Pacific while at the same time destroying the American presence in that region. But by the planting season of 1943, American military services planners had started to make a intend to dislodge Japan from East and Southeast Asia. To do so, parts of the Philippines were considered main tactical points in the potential Allied attack in the Pacific. The end goal of the Allied plan was an invasion of the Japanese home islands, in which heavy aerial bombardment would precede a ground assault. In order for this that occurs, Allied forces would have to occupy areas encircling Japan, with China adding to Luzon (the greatest island in the Philippines) and Formosa (a big island off of the coastline of China) to make a triangle that they could start their bombers.
