| In the Marianna Islands... On Tinian, at about
0210 hours, seven American aircraft take off for Japan. One of the
aircraft is the specially modified B-29 Superfortress -- the Enola
Gay -- carrying the "Little Boy" atomic bomb and heading
for Hiroshima.
Over Japan... Aircraft from the US 5th and 7th Air Forces, based in Okinawa, raid Tarumizu in the south. About 325 planes take part in the attack.
Another 12 Japanese cities have leaflets dropped on them by B-29
bombers, warning of coming raids. During the night, American bombers
strike Imabari, Ube, Mayobashi, Saga, Nishinomiya and Mikage, fulfulling
the threat made by leaflet drops.
In China... The Chinese 13th Army captures the town of Tanchuk.
The Chinese 58th Division liberates Hsinning (Changchun).
In Liberate France... Paul Ferdonet -- the "Radio
Traitor" of Stuttgart -- is executed.
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