The "New York" class of battleship was a class of ships designed and constructed by the United States Navy, it saw extensive service beginning in the United States occupation of Veracruz, which occurred as a response to the Tampico Affair on which date?
New York-class battleship The "New York" class of battleship was a class of ships designed and constructed by the United States Navy between 1908 and 1914. The two ships of the class, "New York" and "Texas" , each saw extensive service beginning in the occupation of Veracruz, World War I, and World War II.
Philippines Campaign (1944–1945) The Philippines campaign, the Battle of the Philippines or the Liberation of the Philippines (Filipino: "Kampanya ng Pilipinas", "Labanan sa Pilipinas" & Liberasyon "sa Pilipinas"), (Operation Musketeer I, II, and III) (Filipino: Operasyon "Mosketero I", "II", "at" "III"), was the American and Filipino campaign to defeat and expel the Imperial Japanese forces occupying the Philippines during World War II. The Japanese Army overran all of the Philippines during the first half of 1942. The liberation of the Philippines commenced with amphibious landings on the eastern Philippine island of Leyte on October 20, 1944. United States and Philippine Commonwealth military forces were progressing in liberating territory and islands when the Japanese forces in the Philippines were ordered to surrender by Tokyo on August 15, 1945, after the dropping of the atomic bombs on mainland Japan and the Soviet invasion of Manchuria.