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Kamikaze
thumb|254x254px|A kamikaze attack aircraft crashes into a US naval warship, May 1945.
, officially , were a part of the Japanese Special Attack Units of military aviators who flew suicide attacks for the Empire of Japan against Allied naval vessels in the closing stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II, intending to destroy warships more effectively than with conventional air attacks. About 3,800 kamikaze pilots died during the war in attacks that killed more than 7,000 Allied naval personnel, sank several dozen warships, and damaged scores more. The term is used generically in modern w
Battle of the Philippine Sea
1944 World War II Pacific naval battle
Bombing of Tokyo
1940s air raids by the United States Air Force in WWII
Operation Ichi-Go
1944 military campaign
Battle of Angaur
1944 battle of the Pacific campaign in World War II on the island of Angaur in the Palau Islands
Operation U-Go
Japanese Invasion of India in 1944
Chichijima incident
Atrocity in the Pacific Theater of World War II
Japan campaign
1942–45 campaign in Japan during the Second World War
Battle of Changsha
Japanese invasion of Hunan, China during the Second Sino-Japanese War
1944 Tōnankai earthquake
December 1944 earthquake in Japan
Battle of Guilin–Liuzhou
1944 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
Palawan massacre
massacre of American POWs by Japanese soldiers during World War II in Palawan, Philippines
Operation Matterhorn
war campaign in WWII
Battle of Mount Song
1944 battle of the Second Sino-Japanese War
bombing of Nagoya
bombing of Nagoya in World War II
Bombing of Yawata on June 1944
1944 air raids on Japan during World War II
Formosa Air Battle
1944 aerial battle off the eastern coasts of the Ryukyu Islands, Formosa, and Luzon during WWII
Defense of Hengyang
1944 battle in mainland China
Battle of Driniumor River
1944 World War II battle in New Guinea
1944 in Japan
overview of Japan-related events during the year of 1944