Diary January 4, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Thursday, January 4, 1945: Air War Pacific: Americans bomb Clark Field, Manila (Philippines).
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Diary January 3, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Wednesday, January 3, 1945: Burma Allied forces land on Akyab Island. Sea War British S class submarine Shakespeare depthÂ-charged by Japanese patrol boats.
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Diary January 2, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Tuesday, January 2, 1945: Air War Germany: 1,000 US bombers hammer troop concentrations and comÂmunications in Western Germany. 1,000 RAF bombers attack Nuremberg (2,067t of bombs)
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Diary January 1, 1945
War Diary WW2 for Monday, January 1, 1945: Air War Europe: 800 German fighter-bombers carry out massed low-level raids on Allied airfields in Belgium and Holland (Operation Bodenplatte or Hermann).
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Diary September 30, 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.
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Diary September 29, 1945
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.
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Diary September 28, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 28, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Patton ridicules ‘de-nazification’ programme in Bavaria.
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Diary September 27, 1945
Diary for Thursday, September 27, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Emperor Hirohito visits General MacArthur in Tokyo.
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Diary September 26, 1945
Diary for Wednesday, September 26, 1945: Argentina State of siege declared. Indian Ocean Japanese on Andaman Islands surrender to RIN sloop Narbada.
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Diary September 25, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, September 25, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Nazi Party and all German armed forces declared illegal.
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Diary September 24, 1945
Diary for Monday, September 24, 1945: Home Fronts USA: Elevator operators of 2,000 sky-scrapers and other buildings in Manhattan on strike.
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Diary September 23, 1945
Diary for Sunday, September 23, 1945: Politics Egypt: Government demands British withdrawal from the Sudan prior to its incorporation with Egypt.
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Diary September 22, 1945
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).
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Diary September 21, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 21, 1945: Home Fronts India: Congress Party demands that Southeast Asia be freed from ‘Imperialist domination’.
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Diary September 20, 1945
Diary for Thursday, September 20, 1945: Sea War Pacific: British and US warships arrive at Shanghai.
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