Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 · Event
Largest naval battle in history; first appearance of kamikaze attacks; effective destruction of Japanese fleet.
On these timelines: Master, World War II, Japan
Around 1944
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Founding of the State of Israel (1948)
- Cold War (1947)
- Korean War (1950)
- D-Day (Operation Overlord) (1944)
- Pop music: the 1950s (1950)
- Pop music: the 1940s (1940)
- Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941)
- United Nations founded (1945)
- People's Republic of China founded (1949)