You are in command of the American forces, tasked with taking back the control of the strategically and economically important Luzon - the largest island in the Philippines - which fell to Japanese forces in the spring of 1942. Unlike the previous U.S. attacks in the Pacific campaign, which only required handful of smaller units, the invasion of Luzon threw 10 U.S. divisions and handful of independent regiments plus guerrilla forces into the largest campaign of the Pacific war. MacArthur surprised the Japanese defenders, who expected attack in the Southern Luzon, by landing American troops in the western Luzon (Lingayen Gulf). By landing close to the main roads of the island MacArthur could immediately start to advance south to seize the key airfields and liberate Manila city - the Pearl of the Orient.