During the Second World War, the combined U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops including the local Visayan guerrilla resistance fighters was fought against the Japanese Imperial forces led by General Sosaku Suzuki during the Battle for the Liberation of Visayas in 1945.
In 1945, U.S. and Philippine Commonwealth ground troops, along with local Visayan guerrilla fighters, confronted Japanese Imperial forces commanded by General Sosaku Suzuki as part of the liberation effort for the Visayas region during World War II.