Diary September 9, 1945

09-1945, War Diary, Year 1945 / 1 minute of reading

Surrendered Japanese soldier with Chinese guards.

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 7, 1937.

Manchuria

594,000 Japanese troops, including 148 generals, now in Russian hands.

Occupied countries

Korea: Japanese forces surrender at Seoul. Japanese adminstrators to remain in office.

Sea War

Operation Zipper: Indian forces land on west coast of Malaya (September 9-12).

Home Fronts

Canada: Meat rationing reintroduced to assure adequate exports to UK and Europe.
USA – OPERATION MAGIC CARPET: 1,307,859 US servicemen return home from Pacific aboard fleet that eventually totals 369 warships (ends March 1946). First day of the operation is marred by typhoon ‘Louisa’, which batters Okinawa area.

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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.