Diary May 29, 1945

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

US Marines at Shuri Castle view the carnage and devastation of this hotly contested portion of the battlefield.

Diary for Tuesday, May 29, 1945:

Okinawa

Marines capture Shuri Castle, former Japanese HQ, and Shuri town (both are in total ruins).

Syria

Fighting between French forces and Syrian Nationalists in Damascus. British arrange cease-fire, May 31.

Air War

Pacific: 101 P-51 Mustangs – escorting B-29 Superfortress formations over Yokohama – shoot down 26 of 150 defending A6M5 Reisen and other JNAF interceptors, for loss of 3 planes.

Home Front

Japan: Vice-Admiral Ozawa succeeds Admiral Toyoda as C-in-C Combined Fleet.

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.