Home Fronts
Australia: Prime Minister Menzies resigns; Fadden takes over.
Diary for Monday, August 20, 1945: Russo-Japanese War Manchuria: Russians capture Harbin and Mukden. Burma Mountbatten broadcasts surrender instructions to Japanese forces. Home Fronts Norway…
Diary for Tuesday, August 20, 1940: Home Fronts Britain: Churchill praises RAF Fighter Command (the ‘Few’). Sea War Mediterranean: Italian Navy to carry out ‘total…
Diary for Friday, August 20, 1915: Home Fronts Germany: In Reichstag Liebknecht demands immediate peace talks and votes alone against a new war credit. Britain:…