1944
Defence of the Philippines
As Fourteenth Area Army commander, Yamashita oversees the wider defence of the Philippines while the Thirty-Fifth Army fights on Leyte.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Philippines in Japan. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
As Fourteenth Area Army commander, Yamashita oversees the wider defence of the Philippines while the Thirty-Fifth Army fights on Leyte.
Fukudome directs Second Air Fleet operations intended to support the Japanese Sho-1 naval counteroffensive.
Onishi's special-attack units carry out the first successful organized kamikaze strikes against American naval forces during the Leyte campaign.
Miyagawa flies with a special-attack unit during the opening wave of organized kamikaze operations in the Philippines.
Seki leads the Shikishima unit in the first successful organized kamikaze attack against American escort carriers.
Fukudome's Second Air Fleet joins the expanding special-attack effort after the opening kamikaze operations around Leyte.
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