Diary August 19, 1945

War Diary, 08-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Tanks of the Russian 6th Guards Tank Army on the march towards Manchurian Plain.

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 troops.

Politics

Japanese representatives arrive in Manila.

China

Chiang Kai-shek forbids Japanese forces to surrender to Red Chinese and orders the latter to hold its positions (Mao disregards this).

Home Fronts

India: Subhas Chandra Bose fatally injured in plane crash on Formosa; aged 48.

About The Author

Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.