Diary WW2

Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Former Prime Minster Tojo attempts suicide in attempt to escape arrest on war crimes charges.

Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1940: Air War Little daylight activity; ‘hit-and-run’ raiders attack airfields and Portsmouth Dockyards. 148 night raiders sent to London, but massive AA barrage from 199

Diary for Monday, September 10, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: MacArthur orders dissolution of Imperial GHQ and imposes censorship.

Diary for Monday, September 9, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain: RAF foils series of intended raids on London, Thameshaven, Tilbury and aircraft factories. Losses: German, 23; British, 20. Bombs

Diary for Sunday, September 9, 1945: China MILLION-STRONG JAPAN­ESE FORCES IN CHINA, FORMOSA AND NORTH VIETNAM SURRENDER at Nanking, thus ending conflict which has killed at least 10,400,000 since July

Diary for Sunday, September 8, 1940: Air War Small-scale raids on airfields in southeastern England and Dover. 9 1/2-hour night raid on London by 170 bombers: 12 large fires, all

Diary for Saturday, September 8, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: 1st US Cavalry Division enters Tokyo. Korea: Americans land at Inchon.

Diary for Saturday, September 7, 1940: Air War BATTLE OF LONDON BEGINS: Göring launches massive day-light ‘reprisal’ raid, in answer to RAF attacks on Berlin, with 1,000 aircraft (inc. 350

Diary for Friday, September 7, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Allied Victory Parade in Berlin.

Diary for Friday, September 6, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 59): Airfield attacks continue; Hawker factory at Weybridge bombed. Home Fronts Britain: King and Queen visit RAF Fighter

Diary for Thursday, September 6, 1945: Southwest Pacific Unconditional surrender of strong Japanese forces in Southwest Pacific signed aboard British carrier Glory off Rabaul. Occupied countries Germany: Eisenhower lifts Press

Diary for Thursday, September 5, 1940: Air War Luftwaffe raid Biggin Hill and Detling airfields; Ju 88s and He 111s fire oil storage tanks at Thameshaven (these burn for many

Diary for Wednesday, September 5, 1945: Home Fronts USA: State Department alleges that Japanese Government ignored 19 US protests against atrocities committed against American troops.

Diary for Wednesday, September 4, 1940: Air War Me 110 fighter-bombers (6 lost) make devastating low-level raid on Vickers’ factory at Brooklands (Surrey) killing 88, injuring 600 and halting production

Diary for Tuesday, September 4, 1945: Occupied countries Singapore: BRITISH­-INDIAN FORCES RETURN TO SINGAPORE. Politics Allies inform Spain that they intend to re-establish international zone of Tangier.

Diary for Tuesday, September 3, 1940: Sea War Hitler postpones launching of Operation Sea Lion from September 15 to September 21. US forces to occupy naval and air bases in

Diary for Monday September 3, 1945: Philippines Surrender of Japanese forces, under General Yamashita. Philippines Losses Japanese: 450,000; US: 62,143 including 13,700 KIA.

Diary for Monday, September 2, 1940: Air War Heavy raids on airfields. Serious damage at Detling and Eastchurch (bomb dump explodes). Surprise low-level attack on Biggin Hill. Fighter-bomber unit Erpr.Grp.210

Diary for Sunday, September 2, 1945: Politics SURRENDER DOCU­MENT SIGNED BY JAPANESE AND ALLIED LEADERS (headed by MacArthur and Foreign Minister Shigemitsu) aboard battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay. Occupied countries

Diary for Sunday, September 1, 1940: Air War Battle of Britain (Day 54): four major attacks on fighter airfields in the Southeast; Biggin Hill again badly damaged. First RAF raid