Diary July 31, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, July 31, 1945: Sea War Cruiser Takao sunk by British frogmen with limpet mines at Singapore. Merchant shipping losses in July 1945: 0 Allied ships with 0 […]
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Diary July 30, 1945
Diary for Monday, July 30, 1945: New Guinea Japanese 18th Army makes last stand at village of Numbogua; General Adachi orders his troops ‘to die in honourable defeat’. Sea War
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Diary July 29, 1945
Diary for Sunday, July 29, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Cruiser Indianapolis, sailing unescorted after delivering atomic bomb components to Tinian island, is sunk by Japanese submarine I-58. Ship not missed
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Diary July 28, 1945
Diary for Saturday, July 28, 1945: Burma Japanese 28th Army attempts to escape across river Sittang; suffers catastroÂphic losses – over 13,000 killed or drowned. Politics New British Prime Minister
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Diary July 27, 1945
Diary for Friday, July 27, 1945: Air War Pacific: B-29 Superfortress drop 660,000 leaflets by night over 11 Japanese cities, warning inhabitants to flee before selected targets are destroyed. By
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Diary July 26, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 26, 1945: Politics POTSDAM DECLARAÂTION: Allied leaders demand immediate and unconditional surrender of Japan; threaten ‘prompt and utter destruction’ of Japanese homeland. Home Fronts Britain: CHURCHILL
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Diary July 25, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 25, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Cruisers Pasadena, Springfield, Wilkes-Barre and Astoria bombard airbases in South Honshu.
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Diary July 24, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, July 24, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Immobilized Japanese battle fleet virtually annihilated at Kure in 2 massive operations by US and British carrier planes (July 24 and
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Diary July 23, 1945
Diary for Monday, July 23, 1945: Home Fronts France: Trial of Petain opens at Palais de Justice, Paris.
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Diary July 22, 1945
Diary for Sunday, July 22, 1945: Air War China: 300 planes of FEAF (including new Invader fast bombers) again hit air bases and shipping in Shanghai area. Sea War Pacific:
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Diary July 21, 1945
Diary for Saturday, July 21, 1945: Sea War Pacific: US Navy planes attack shipping in Tsushima Strait and off Fusan (Korea).
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Diary July 20, 1945
Diary for Friday, July 20, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Congress votes to increase Export-Import Banks lending ceiling from $700 millions to $3,500 millions and passes Bretton Woods Bill. Passed 61-16
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Diary July 19, 1945
Diary for Thursday, July 19, 1945: Air War China: FEAF (Far East Air Forces Command) bombs 4 air bases in Shanghai area.
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Diary July 18, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, July 18, 1945: Air War China: 200 B-24 Liberator and B-25 Mitchell bombers of FEAF (Far East Air Forces command) from Okinawa bomb Kiangwan airfield, Shanghai. Home
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Diary July 17, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, July 17, 1945: Politics POTSDAM CONFERÂENCE (‘Terminal’) opens: Churchill, Attlee, Truman and Stalin confer near Berlin. Sea War Pacific: First joint US-British carrier strike on Tokyo area
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