Events in the year 1944 in Japan. Emperor: Hirohito Prime Minister: Hideki Tōjō, until July 22 Kuniaki Koiso, from July 22 Aichi Prefecture: Shinji Yoshino...

on 9 July 1944, Tojo and his cabinet handed in their resignation on 18 July 1944. In August 1944, Japanese troops led by three two-star generals again...

forces of Imperial Japan during the last stages of the Pacific campaign of World War II. The Japan campaign lasted from around June 1944 to August 1945....

islands, in the Japanese-held Marshall Islands. The Zadran tribe rises up against the Afghan government, starting the Afghan tribal revolts of 1944–1947....

of the Philippines from Japan commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20, 1944. The United States and Philippine...

casualty rate of any American force in World War II. The Japanese losses, 130 submarines in all, were higher. In mid-1944 Japan mobilized over 500,000 men and...

territory, with the Japanese finally retreating from the Battle of Kohima and near simultaneous Battle of Imphal in June 1944. In 1944–45 Japan was under heavy...

been crippled. The attacks began in October 1944, at a time when the war was looking increasingly bleak for the Japanese. They had lost several important...

situation in Japan (1914–44) dealt with the realities of the two World Wars and their effect on Japanese national policy. Since the Meiji Period, Japan had...

Imperial Japan, especially during Operation U-Go in 1944. The INA had earlier collaborated with Nazi Germany. The dominating attitude of the Japanese militarist...

December 1944. It consisted of three separate battles in the Chinese provinces of Henan, Hunan and Guangxi. These battles were the Japanese Operation...

was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions...

established in early 1944. About 12 Japanese comfort women killed themselves towards the end of the siege after fighting alongside the Japanese garrison. Another...

1944 January February March April May June July August September October November December The following events occurred in July 1944: A counterattack...

Operation C (ウ号作戦 U Gō sakusen), was the Japanese offensive launched in March 1944 against forces of the British Empire in the northeast Indian regions of Manipur...

for 150 Japanese planes. Sick and useless prisoners were switched with healthier ones out of Manila during construction. On 22 September 1944, half of...

The 1944 United States presidential election was the 40th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 7, 1944. The election took...

Empire of Japan, also referred to as the Japanese Empire or Imperial Japan, was the Japanese nation-state that existed from the Meiji Restoration in 1868 until...

The year 1944 in film involved some significant events, including the wholesome, award-winning Going My Way plus popular murder mysteries such as Double...

November 1944, a United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) F-13 Superfortress conducted the first flight by an Allied aircraft over the Tokyo region of Japan since...

Japan participated in World War II from 1939 to 1945 as a member of the Axis and encapsulates a significant period in the history of the Empire of Japan...

campaign against Japan began in earnest in mid-1944 and intensified during the war's last months. While plans for attacks on Japan had been prepared...

the damaging 1854 Tōkai earthquake. List of earthquakes in 1944 List of earthquakes in Japan National Geophysical Data Center / World Data Service (NGDC/WDS):...

the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during the final stages of World War II. Completed in 1944, the ship was assigned to convoy escort duties in July. She was...

August 1944) was the American recapture of the Japanese-held island of Guam, a U.S. territory in the Mariana Islands captured by the Japanese from the...

pieces of Japanese-held territory, and also, to destroy airbases in the area which were housing USAAF aircraft. In August, after battles in Hunan and...

"Japanese Elm") was one of 18 Matsu-class escort destroyers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) during World War II. Completed in late 1944, little...

June – 8 August 1944 was fought between Chinese and Japanese forces in mainland China during World War II. Although the city fell, Japanese casualties far...

construction sites around Japan. The number of conscripted Koreans reached its peak in 1944 in preparation for war. From 1944, about 200,000 Korean men...

night of 15–16 June 1944 marked the beginning of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese home islands during...