Battle of Visayas

Battle of Visayas
	Part of the Pacific theater of World War II
	; U.S. soldiers during landings at Talisay Beach, Cebu Island, 26 March 1945. U.S. National Archives
Date	18 March – 15 August 1945
Location	Visayas region, Philippines
Result	Allied victory
Belligerents
United States Commonwealth of the Philippines;	Japan Second Philippine Republic;
Commanders and leaders
Robert L. Eichelberger; Rapp Brush; William H. Arnold; James M. Cushing; Macario P. Peralta Jr.; Ruperto Kangleon	Sōsaku Suzuki †; Takeo Manjome
Strength
17,000 U.S. troops; 18,500 Filipino guerrillas	32,000 Japanese troops
Casualties and losses
835 killed; 1,905 wounded	14,300 killed; 1,230 wounded

The Battle of Visayas (Filipino: Labanan sa Visayas; Visayan languages: Gubat sa Kabisay-an) was fought by U.S. forces and Filipino guerrillas against the Japanese from 18 March – 15 August 1945, in a series of actions officially designated as Operations Victor I and II, and part of the campaign for the liberation of the Philippines during World War II. The battle was waged to complete the recapture of the central portions south of the archipelago and secure them from remaining Japanese forces.

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