Diary July 26, 1945

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

The 'Big Three' Allies at the Potsdam Conference — The ‘Big Three’ Allies at the Potsdam Conference. British Prime Minister Clement Attlee (the successor to Churchill), US President Harry S. Truman (Roosevelt died in April) and Joseph Stalin.

Diary for Thursday, July 26, 1945:

Politics

POTSDAM DECLARATION: Allied leaders demand immediate and unconditional surrender of Japan; threaten ‘prompt and utter destruction’ of Japanese homeland.

Home Fronts

Britain: CHURCHILL RESIGNS AFTER MASSIVE LABOUR VICTORY IN BRITISH GENERAL ELECTION. Attlee forms first Labour Government with working majority. Labour Cabinet appointments: Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, Attlee; Foreign Secretary, Ernest Bevin; Chancellor of Exchange, Hugh Dalton; President of Board of Trade, Sir Stafford Cripps; Lord President, Herbert Morrison; Lord Chancellor, W Jowitt.

Sea War

First Kamikaze attack on British East Indies Fleet: escort carrier Ameer damaged; minesweeper Vestal sunk off Malaya.

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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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Home Fronts

Sea War

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