As he was forced to withdraw from the Philippines in the dark days of spring 1942, Douglas MacArthur vowed 'I will return'. Almost three years later he did, at the head of a massive US invasion force. Between October 1944 and August 1945, General Douglas MacArthur and his men recaptured the Philippines from the Japanese, led by General Tomoyuki Yamashita, in the largest single US campaign in the Pacific War. Knowing that he could not hope to successfully fight this force on the beaches, the Japanese commander Tomoyuki Yamashita planned a final stand in the mountains to tie down as many US troops as possible. The campaign went very much as he intended with fierce fighting continuing until the end of the war. Note: It appears The History Channel rebranded this series, as proof can be observed in the ending credits. This episode corresponds with the following: Clash of Warriors - s01e10 - MacArthur vs. Yamashita