<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mw3w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Japan's center force is temporarily repulsed in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Leyte_Gulf" id="mw4A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Leyte Gulf">Battle of Leyte Gulf</a>.