Battle of Leyte Gulf
1944 · Event
By some measures the 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
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Berlin Airlift (1948)
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Chinese Civil War (resumed) (1945)
- Apartheid (1948)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Korean War (1950)
- US Civil Rights Movement (1954)