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| Abdication of Hirohito Hirohito |  |
| 8th July Members of Hirohito's family secretly agree he should abdicatein favour of Akihito |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Hirohito | |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Supports the biggest naval engagement in history as a gamble to win a good peace deal |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Says if Japan wins this battle she will win the war, Jap[an loses the battle |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Kurita, Taeko | |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Attacks the USA7th Navy |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Leads the Centre Force, including the world's largest battleships Yamato & Musashi |
| 25th Oct Leyte Gulf Centre Force thinks it has seen the 7th Fleet but is bluffed into retreating |
| 25th Oct Leyte Gulf Prevented from entering the Leyte Gulf |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Nishimura, Shoji | |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Leads a Southern force of two battleships & a few cruisers & destroyers |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf The Seventh Fleet sinks almost all of Nashimura's ships in the Surigao Strait |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Leads a force which is to act as bait for the American Seventh Navy |
| Battle of Leyte Gulf Toyoda, Suemo | |
| 23rd Oct Leyte Gulf The Centre Force is discoverred by USAsubmarines which sink 2 cruisers |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Attempts to destroy the USA7th Fleet |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf The Centre Force is hit by 250 attacks & the Musashi is sunk |
| 24th Oct Leyte Gulf Tries to prevent an American Army landing in the Phillipines |
| Battle of Phillipines Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| 23rd Oct 1st day of the battle of the Phillipines |
| 25th Oct Defeated by superior USAnaval forces |
| Capture of Saipan Hirohito | |
| June Saipan The USA captures Saipan & can bomb Japanese cities |
| Commander 14th Area Army Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Leyte Appointed Commander of the 14th Area Army in the Philippines |
| Commander 34th Army Sano, Tadayoshi | |
| Sep Appointed Commander of the 34th Army |
| Death of Koga, Mineichi Koga, Mineichi | |
| 31st Mar Death of Mineichi Koga, in an aircrash |
| Death of Nagumo, Chuichi Nagumo, Chuichi | |
| 6th July Committs suicide during the defence of Saipan |
| Evacuation Huon Peninsular Adachi, Hatazo | |
| Huon Evacuates 14,000 from the Huon Peninsular early 1944 |
| Field Marshal Hata, Shunroku | |
| Appointed Field Marshalnn |
| Film Kurosawa Kurosawa, Akira | |
| Kurosawa's The Most Beautiful |
| Plan Z Koga, Mineichi | |
| 8th Mar Finalizes Plan Z using Hollandia in New Guinea to launch an attack on the USAforces |
| Prime Minister Kuniaki, Koiso | |
| July Tokyo Appointed Prime Minister of Japan |
| Resignation of Tojo Hirohito | |
| 14th July Tojo is forced to resign by Hirohito who makes him a scapegoat for the war |
| Resignation of Tojo Tojo, Hideki | |
| 14th July Tojo resigna after Hirohito withdraws support from him |
| Siege of Leyte Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Leyte Defends Leyte against the Americans |
| Siege of Luzon Yamashita, Tomoyuki | |
| Luzon Defends Luzon against the Americans |
| Vice Chief NGS Ozawa, Jisaburo | |
| Appointed Vice Chief of Naval General Staff |
