09-1945

Diary for Sunday, September 30, 1945: Home Fronts Britain – Bourne End (Hemel Hempstead) rail disaster: 44 killed, 88 injured. China US Marines land at Tientsin.

Diary for Saturday, September 29, 1945: Occupied countries Dutch East Indies: British troops land in Java to combat rebellious Nationalists. Argentina 500,000 demonstrate against Peron in Buenos Aires.

Diary for Friday, September 28, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Patton ridicules ‘de-nazification’ programme in Bavaria.

Diary for Thursday, September 27, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Emperor Hirohito visits General MacArthur in Tokyo.

Diary for Wednesday, September 26, 1945: Argentina State of siege declared. Indian Ocean Japanese on Andaman Islands surrender to RIN sloop Narbada.

Diary for Tuesday, September 25, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Nazi Party and all German armed forces declared illegal.

Diary for Monday, September 24, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Elevator operators of 2,000 sky-scrapers and other buildings in Manhattan on strike.

Diary for Sunday, September 23, 1945: Politics Egypt: Government demands British withdrawal from the Sudan prior to its incorporation with Egypt.

Diary for Saturday, September 22, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: Aircraft carrier Hercules launched on the Tyne (joins RIN (Royal Indian Navy) in 1961, as Vikrant).

Diary for Friday, September 21, 1945: Home Fronts India: Congress Party demands that Southeast Asia be freed from ‘Imperialist domination’.

Diary for Thursday, September 20, 1945: Sea War Pacific: British and US warships arrive at Shanghai.

Diary for Wednesday, September 19, 1945: Occupied countries Indo-China: British and French forces suppress Vietnamese nationalist insurgents at Saigon. Home Fronts Britain: ‘Lord Haw-Haw‘ sentenced to death at the Old

Diary for Tuesday, September 18, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Henry L. Stimson resigns as Secretary for War; succeeded by RB. Patterson.

Diary for Monday, September 17, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Josef Kramer and 44 other SS officers stand trial at Lüneburg on charges of conspiracy to commit mass murder at Auschwitz

Diary for Sunday, September 16, 1945: Hong Kong Surrender of Japanese forces at Hong Kong.

Diary for Sunday, September 15, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF BRITAIN SUNDAY: Two major raids on London smashed by RAF, which claims 185 ‘kills’; Germans actually lose 53 aircraft, plus

Diary for Saturday, September 15, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Hurricane ravages South Florida and Bahamas; 366 planes and 25 blimps destroyed at Richmond Naval Air Station, Florida.

Diary for Friday, September 14, 1945: Dutch East Indies Japanese garrison of Celebes surrenders at Menado.

Diary for Thursday, September 13, 1945: Burma Surrender of Japanese forces at Rangoon (C-in-C General Kimura surrenders October 24, 1945). New Guinea Lieutenant-General Adachi of Japanese 18th Army surrenders on

Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1940: Air War RAF Bomber Command attacks Hamm marshalling yards for sixtieth time (night September 12-13). Occupied countries Poland: 500,000 Warsaw Jews to be confined