Chronology of World War II
Tuesday, January 9
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.