<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" id="mwxA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="World War II">World War II</a>: Japanese high command orders withdrawal at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Milne_Bay" id="mwxQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Milne Bay">Milne Bay</a>, the first major Japanese defeat in land warfare during the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific_War" id="mwxg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Pacific War">Pacific War</a>.