Diary July 11, 1945

War Diary, 07-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

US bombers in Switzerland — An entire air armada of B-17 Flying Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers, which were making emergency landings during the war in Switzerland. In total, there are 186 four-engined US bombers that are released by Switzerland only after the surrender of Japan.

Diary for Wednesday, July 11, 1945:

Air War

Redeployment of 2,118 4-engined bombers of 8th AF from Britain to the USA (en route for Pacific) completed within 51 days.

Home Front

Canada – General Election: Liberals, 119 seats; Progressive Conservatives, 65; C.C.F., 28; Others, 33. Liberal Prime Minister Mackenzie King defeated at Prince Albert (Saskatchewan); he is re-elected at by-election August 6, 1945.

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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.

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