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
- Decolonisation of Africa (1952)
- Cuban Revolutionary War (1953)
- Battle of Stalingrad (1942)
- Manhattan Project (1942)
- Korean War (1950)
- Indian independence and Partition (1947)
- Battle of Britain (1940)
- The Holocaust (1941)
- Spanish Civil War (1936)
- Apartheid (1948)