Year 1945

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

Diary for Wednesday, September 12, 1945: Singapore SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Occupied countries Suicide of Field Marshal Sugiyama, C-in-C Japanese Home Army.

Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Former Prime Minster Tojo attempts suicide in attempt to escape arrest on war crimes charges.

Diary for Monday, September 10, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: MacArthur orders dissolution of Imperial GHQ and imposes censorship.

Diary for Sunday, September 9, 1945: China MILLION-STRONG JAPAN­ESE FORCES IN CHINA, FORMOSA AND NORTH VIETNAM SURRENDER at Nanking, thus ending conflict which has killed at least 10,400,000 since July

Diary for Saturday, September 8, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: 1st US Cavalry Division enters Tokyo. Korea: Americans land at Inchon.

Diary for Friday, September 7, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Allied Victory Parade in Berlin.

Diary for Thursday, September 6, 1945: Southwest Pacific Unconditional surrender of strong Japanese forces in Southwest Pacific signed aboard British carrier Glory off Rabaul. Occupied countries Germany: Eisenhower lifts Press

Diary for Wednesday, September 5, 1945: Home Fronts USA: State Department alleges that Japanese Government ignored 19 US protests against atrocities committed against American troops.

Diary for Tuesday, September 4, 1945: Occupied countries Singapore: BRITISH­-INDIAN FORCES RETURN TO SINGAPORE. Politics Allies inform Spain that they intend to re-establish international zone of Tangier.

Diary for Monday September 3, 1945: Philippines Surrender of Japanese forces, under General Yamashita. Philippines Losses Japanese: 450,000; US: 62,143 including 13,700 KIA.

Diary for Sunday, September 2, 1945: Politics SURRENDER DOCU­MENT SIGNED BY JAPANESE AND ALLIED LEADERS (headed by MacArthur and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu) aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Occupied countries

Diary for Saturday, September 1, 1945: Home Front Italy: Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino dedicated.