I don't know too much about the Philippine conflict but it did bring up a question in my mind on war strategy. Somewhere during the war they decided to by pass many islands and isolate them. Could they have just by passed the Phillipines and not let it be resupplied from Japan ? The Navy and Air Force was pretty strong by 1944 and could patrol any resupply effort from Japan. I looked on the map and from northern Phillipines to Okinawa is approx. 400 miles. I would think that would be easy enough to patrol with seaborne and airborne radar. After Japan surrenders, the US could then send help to stop the hard core Japanese who will not surrender.
Just a thought I had, so don't yell at me TA.
