Luzon was to be the most Europe-like campaign of the Pacific campaigns, but even the American side was just a bit different from counterparts in Europe.
There was no Japanese resistance on shore. One hour later, the 40th Infantry Division landed at Lingayen on the right wing near the town of that name, with the 37th, 6th, and 43rd Infantry divisions strung out to the left. The invasion of Luzon began at 0700 on S-day, 9 January 1945, with a massive naval bombardment. He sought only to pin down MacArthur's forces in order to delay Allied progress toward Japan. General Tomoyuki Yamashita, the Japanese commanding general, did not intend to defend the central plains-Manila Bay area with his 260,000 troops because American superiority in armor and mobility would have its greatest advantage there. Once ashore, Sixth Army’s I Corps was to protect the beachhead’s left flank while XIV Corps drove south to Clark Field and then Manila. He gave the task to Lieutenant General Krueger and his Sixth Army, supported by the air and naval forces of the Southwest Pacific Area.
General Douglas MacArthur intended to invade Luzon, the Philippine Islands, right where the Japanese had conducted their main landings in 1941, and for the same reason: The Lingayen Gulf provided direct access to the central plains and Manila. The Tank-Infantry Battle of Munoz, Philippines
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