| In Occupied Germany... The first meeting of the Inter-Allied Council for Berlin takes place. The Soviets agree to turn over administration of the allocated areas to the British and Americans who have themselves made arrangements to allocate some of their sectors to the French.
In Britain... The redeployment of 2118 4-engined bombers of
the US 8th Air Force, to the USA (en route for the Pacific theater)
begins. It is completed in 51 days.
In Canada... The Liberal Party, led by William Mackenzie King,
wins the general election. The Liberals win 119 seats in the Parliament,
the Progressive Conservative Party wins 65, the CCF wins 28. Others win
33 seats. Mackenzie King, the Prime Minister, and leader of the Liberal
Party, is defeated in the riding of Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He is
reelected in a by-election on August 6, 1945.
In the Philippines... On Luzon, Americans forces drop
thousands of napalm bombs on Japanese pockets on the Sierra Madre and in
the Kiangan area.
In the Indian Ocean... British carrier aircraft are launched
on a raid to bomb Japanese airfields on the island of Sumatra in the
Dutch East Indies.
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