October 20th, 1944
General Douglas MacArthur fulfills his promise to return to the Philippines when he commands an Allied assault on the islands, reclaiming them from the Japanese during the Second World War. event on October 20, 1944. Read about how to open files in Open File Database.
Events around October 20, 1944
| October 21st, 1944 | Event | The first kamikaze attack: HMAS Australia was hit by a Japanese plane carrying a 200 kg (441 pound) bomb off Leyte Island, as the Battle of Leyte Gulf began. |
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