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  2. June 1944 - Wikipedia

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    German submarine U-629 was sunk in the English Channel by a B-24 of No. 53 Squadron RAF. Japanese destroyer Hayanami became the second ship to be torpedoed and sunk in the Sibutu Passage by USS Harder in as many days. American destroyer Meredith struck a mine in the English Channel and was severely damaged. Salvage efforts would be abandoned on ...

  3. Bombing of Osaka - Wikipedia

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    A B-29 over Osaka on 1 June 1945. On the first day of June 521 B-29s escorted by 148 P-51s were dispatched in a daylight raid against Osaka. While en route to the city the P-51D Mustangs flew through thick clouds, and 27 of the fighters were destroyed in collisions. Nevertheless, 458 heavy bombers and 27 P-51s reached the city and the ...

  4. 1944 in Japan - Wikipedia

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    May–August - Battle of Changsha (1944) June 4-September 7 - Battle of Mount Song; June 15-July 9 - Battle of Saipan; June 15/16 - Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) June 19–20 - Battle of the Philippine Sea; June 22-August 8 - Defense of Hengyang; July 10-August 25 - Battle of Driniumor River; July 21-August 10 - Battle of Guam (1944)

  5. Osaka International Peace Center - Wikipedia

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    It is funded by Osaka city and Osaka Prefecture. [1] In 2015, after pressures by members of the Japan Innovation Party, exhibits were changed; the section on U.S. air raids in Osaka Prefecture between December 1944 and August 1945 was expanded and items related to Japan's actions in Asia were removed. [2]

  6. Timeline of Osaka - Wikipedia

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    1880 – Osaka Commercial Training Institute established. 1881 – Osaka Iron Works established. [10] [18] 1882 Osaka Boseki Kaisha (spinning mill) in business. Population: 332,425. [4] 1884 – Osaka Shosen Kaisha (shipping firm) in business. [19] 1887 – Population: 426,846. [4] 1888 – Osaka Mainichi Shinbun (newspaper) begins publication ...

  7. Japan campaign - Wikipedia

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    The Battle of Okinawa (1 April to 21 June): Of approximately 100,000 Japanese defenders, only 24,455 survived. There were also two naval battles: Operation Ten-Go (7 April): All but four Japanese vessels committed were lost. The Battle of Tokyo Bay (22 and 23 July 1945): Most of the Japanese vessels committed were heavily damaged or lost.

  8. Looking back at the beaches of Normandy on D-Day: June 6, 1944

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    On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...

  9. Category:1944 in Japan - Wikipedia

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