Luzon, the largest island in the Philippines, was seen as being of great strategic importance to the United States. Despite General MacArthur’s belief in value of the island, American troops would have to wait until 1945 to launch an attack on Luzon, which was taken by the Japanese in 1942. When the Americans did make it back to Luzon, the fighting — complicated by the Japanese use of the famous kamikaze pilots — was frenzied and fierce, with incredibly high numbers of casualties, particularly for the Japanese. By the 11th of February American troops had captured Manila; however Japanese resistance — from scattered forces making sorties from the mountainous areas of the island — continued for some considerable time afterwards.
Battle of Luzon is part of the FHSW Europe mappack. It originated from the mod Light of the Rising Sun. There are few vehicles, US have T19 105 mm HMC mobile artillery an LVT-4 landing craft at the start and will be reinforced by an LVT(A)-4 Ronson. The Japanese have a single Type 97 Chi-Ha outfitted with a flamethrower. The T19 can get to the Japanese positions by going in the shallow water and islands at edge of the combat area to the east.
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