World War II: American forces <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Saipan" id="mwATs" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Saipan">take Saipan</a>, bringing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_archipelago" id="mwATw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Japanese archipelago">Japanese archipelago</a> within range of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_B-29_Superfortress" id="mwAT0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Boeing B-29 Superfortress">B-29</a> raids, and causing the downfall of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tojo" id="mwAT4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Hideki Tojo">Tojo government</a>.