Diary for Friday, August 31, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Arrest of Field Marshals von Brauchitsch and von Manstein. Politics USA: Re-establishes diploÂmatic relations with Finland. Sea War Merchant shipping losses […]
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Diary for Thursday, August 30, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: American and British forces land in Tokyo area. MacArthur flies in from Manila. Politics Mexico recognizes Spanish Republican Government as legitimate
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Diary for Wednesday, August 29, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Göring, Ribbentrop and 22 other Nazi leaders indicted as war criminals. Home Fronts USA: Secret Army and Navy reports of official
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Diary for Tuesday, August 28, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Advance guard of 150 US soldiers lands at Atsugi airfield.
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Diary for Monday, August 27, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Allied 3rd Fleet – including US, British, Commonwealth and Dutch warships – anchors in Sagami Bay, within sight of Mt. Fujiyama.
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Diary for Sunday, August 26, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Russians begin occupying Kurile Islands.
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Diary for Saturday, August 25, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: British forces in Western Europe redesignated ‘British Army of the Rhine’ (BAOR). Home Fronts USA: Vice-Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. (‘Ching’
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Diary for Friday, August 24, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: Attlee complains that abrupt ending of US Lease-Lend program has left Britain in a ‘very serious financial position’. Bevin says 700,000
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Diary for Thursday, August 23, 1945: Occupied countries Austria: British, American and French troops enter Vienna. Home Fronts Britain: Both Houses of Parliament ratify UN Charter.
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Diary for Wednesday, August 22, 1945: Russo-Japanese War Manchuria: KWANTUNG ARMY SURRENDERS AT HARBIN. Russian airborne forces land at Port Arthur. ‘Emperor Kang Teh’ of Manchukuo Â- Japanese puppet ruler
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Diary for Tuesday, August 21, 1945: Home Fronts USA: All outstanding Lease-Lend contracts cancelled.
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Diary for Monday, August 20, 1945: Russo-Japanese War Manchuria: Russians capture Harbin and Mukden. Burma Mountbatten broadcasts surrender instructions to Japanese forces. Home Fronts Norway – TRIAL OF QUISLING FOR
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Diary for Sunday, August 19, 1945: Russo-Japanese War Manchuria: 2nd FEF captures Tsitsihar in Manchurian Plain; TBF tanks race towards the town from the West, despite pockets of fanatical Japanese
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Diary for Saturday, August 18, 1945: Air War Pacific: 2 new B-32 Dominator bombers (successor of B-29 Superfortress) are attacked by 10 fighters (incl. one-eyed Zero ‘ace’ Saburo Sakai) and
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Diary for August 17, 1945: Occupied countries Dutch East Indies: Sukarno proclaims ‘Provisional Indonesian Republic Government’ on Java. Home Fronts Japan: Prime Minister Higashikuni orders Army to obey Emperor’s call
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