Diary September 12, 1945
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.
Year 1945
Diary September 11, 1945
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 September 10, 1945
Diary for Monday, September 10, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: MacArthur orders dissolution of Imperial GHQ and imposes censorship.
Diary September 9, 1945
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 September 8, 1945
Diary for Saturday, September 8, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: 1st US Cavalry Division enters Tokyo. Korea: Americans land at Inchon.
Diary September 7, 1945
Diary for Friday, September 7, 1945: Occupied countries Germany: Allied Victory Parade in Berlin.
Diary September 6, 1945
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 September 5, 1945
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 September 4, 1945
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 September 3, 1945
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 September 2, 1945
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 September 1, 1945
Diary for Saturday, September 1, 1945: Home Front Italy: Polish cemetery at Monte Cassino dedicated.
Diary August 31, 1945
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
Diary August 30, 1945
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
Diary August 29, 1945
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
Diary August 28, 1945
Diary for Tuesday, August 28, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Advance guard of 150 US soldiers lands at Atsugi airfield.
Diary August 27, 1945
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.
Diary August 26, 1945
Diary for Sunday, August 26, 1945: Occupied countries Japan: Russians begin occupying Kurile Islands.
Diary August 25, 1945
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’
Diary August 24, 1945
Diary for Friday, August 24, 1945: Home Fronts Britain: Attlee complains that abrupt ending of US Lease-Lend program has left Britain in a ‘very serious financial position’. Bevin says 700,000
