Diary for Thursday, September 12, 1940: Air War RAF Bomber Command attacks Hamm marshalling yards for sixtieth time (night September 12-13). Occupied countries Poland: 500,000 Warsaw Jews to be confined […]
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Diary for Wednesday, September 12, 1945: Singapore SURRENDER OF JAPANESE FORCES IN SOUTHEAST ASIA. Occupied countries Suicide of Field Marshal Sugiyama, C-in-C Japanese Home Army.
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Diary for Tuesday, September 11, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Former Prime Minster Tojo attempts suicide in attempt to escape arrest on war crimes charges.
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Diary for Monday, September 10, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: MacArthur orders dissolution of Imperial GHQ and imposes censorship.
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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
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Diary for Saturday, September 8, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: 1st US Cavalry Division enters Tokyo. Korea: Americans land at Inchon.
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Diary for Friday, September 7, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Allied Victory Parade in Berlin.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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Diary for Saturday, September 1, 1945: Home Front Italy: Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino dedicated.
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Diary for Friday, August 31, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Arrest of Field Marshals von Brauchitsch and von Manstein. Politics USA: Re-establishes diplomatic relations with Finland. Sea War Merchant shipping losses
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Diary for Thursday, August 30, 1945: Home Fronts Japan: American and British forces land in Tokyo area. MacArthur flies in from Manila. Politics Mexico recognizes Spanish Republican Government as legitimate
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Diary for Wednesday, August 29, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Göring, Ribbentrop and 22 other Nazi leaders indicted as war criminals. Home Fronts USA: Secret Army and Navy reports of official
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Diary for Tuesday, August 28, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Advance guard of 150 US soldiers lands at Atsugi airfield.
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Diary for Monday, August 27, 1945: Sea War Pacific: Allied 3rd Fleet – including US, British, Commonwealth and Dutch warships – anchors in Sagami Bay, within sight of Mt. Fujiyama.
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Diary for Sunday, August 26, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Russians begin occupying Kurile Islands.
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Diary for Saturday, August 25, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: British forces in Western Europe redesignated ‘British Army of the Rhine’ (BAOR). Home Fronts USA: Vice-Admiral Willis A. Lee Jr. (‘Ching’
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