Chronology of World War II

Tuesday, January 9


Landing on Luzon


Landing on Luzon
Americans land on Luzon, the central island of the Philippines and there inside by the Philippine Commonwealth troops and recognized guerillas; there are more kamikaze attacks on the American navy - Kamikaze attacks, when zealous Japanese pilots suicide-bombed their own planes into high-value targets ~ 2,800 kamikaze planes sunk around 40 Navy ships and damaged 350 others.