Diary August 22, 1945

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

captured Ariska rifles — Removal of captured Japanese Ariska rifles of the surrendering Kwantung Army by the Russians in Manchuria.

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 - Japanese puppet ruler in China – captured by Russians on Mukden airfield.

Sea War

Pacific: At ceremony aboard US destroyer escort Levy, Japanese commander of Mili Atoll garrison (Marshall Islands) surrenders. This is first voluntary handover of a Japanese occupied territory.

Home Fronts

Japan: ‘People’s Volunteer Corps’ (Home Guard) is disbanded.

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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.

Russo-Japanese War

Sea War

Home Fronts

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