Diary May 14, 1945

War Diary, 05-1945, Diary WW2, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Superfortress over Japan — B-29 Superfortress is dropping bombs on Japan.

Diary for Monday, May 14, 1945:

Air War

Pacific – DAYLIGHT FIRE RAID ON NAGOYA: In order to further undermine Japanese moral and industrial output, following severe psychological blow of the German collapse, 21st BC, US 20th AF, launches daylight saturation bombing attacks on 4 cities Nagoya, Yokohama, Osaka and Kobe between May 14 and June 15. In total of 4,700 sorties (77 B-29 Superfortress lost) 16,647 t. of napalm and oil bombs wipe out 36 sq km of built-up area.

Okinawa

20 US Marines reach the summit of Sugar Loaf Hill (forced to withdraw, May 15).

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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.

Air War

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