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 | 1944-11-10 | USS Mount Hood Explodes | USS Mount Hood exploded in Seeadler Harbor at Manus Island killing all men aboard, obliterating the ship itself, and sinking or severely damaging 22 | Read about 'USS Mount Hood Explodes' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Mount Hood Explodes' | |
| 1944-11-06 | Hanford Plutonium | Plutonium is first produced at the Hanford Atomic Facility and subsequently used in the Fat Man Atomic bomb dropped on Nagasaki, Japan. | Read about 'Hanford Plutonium' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Hanford Plutonium' | |
| 1944-10-25 | Zuikaku Sunk | Under heavy air attack and hit by 7 torpedoes and 9 bombs, Zuikaku began listing heavily to port. The order to abandon ship was issued at 13:58 and the flag was struck. Zuikaku rolled over and sank at 14:14, | Read about 'Zuikaku Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Zuikaku Sunk' | |
| 1944-10-24 | Musashi Sunk | During Leyte Gulf, when it became apparent that the ship could not sustain further damage, her captain, Rear Admiral Inoguchi, attempted to run her aground on a nearby island. Musashi sank at 19:36, having been overwhelmed by 27bomb and 29 torpedoes hits. | Read about 'Musashi Sunk' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Musashi Sunk' | |
| 1944-10-24 | USS Tang Sinks | US Submarine sinks when she struck by her own malfunctioning torpedo. | Read about 'USS Tang Sinks' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'USS Tang Sinks' | |
| 1944-10-23 | 1944-10-26 | Leyte Gulf | Largest battle in the history of naval warfare. After US troops invaded Leyte island ,as part of a strategy aimed at isolating Japan from the countries it had occupied in SE Asia, Japan mobilized nearly all it's vesels in an attempt to defeat the invasion. | Read about 'Leyte Gulf' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Leyte Gulf' |
| 1944-10-21 | HMAS Australia Kamikazi | HMAS Australia is the target of the first kamikaze of the war. She is hit by a Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg (441 pound) bomb off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began. | Read about 'HMAS Australia Kamikazi ' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'HMAS Australia Kamikazi ' | |
| 1944-10-20 | MacArthur Returns | Allied forces under MacArthur's command, covered by aircraft from Halsey's carriers, landed at Leyte Island, fulfilling MacArthur's vow to return to the Philippines. | Read about 'MacArthur Returns' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'MacArthur Returns' | |
| 1944-09-17 | 1944-09-30 | Angaur | 322nd battalion repeatedly attacked the last 750 Japanese defenders who drove them back. Eventually, hunger, thirst, and American shellfire and bombing took their toll and US troops penetrated Japanese defences. | Read about 'Angaur' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Angaur' |
| 1944-09-15 | 1944-10-04 | Morotai | The capture of this small Eutch East Indies island (and it's two airfields) was an important step to support the liberation of the Philippines. The base remained a supply hub for the remainder of the war. | Read about 'Morotai' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Morotai' |
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