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| In Japan... Over 1000 US naval aircraft raid
Hokkaido and the port of Kamaishi. Also, the American battleships South
Dakota, Indiana and Massachusetts, as well as 2 heavy
cruisers and 4 destroyers, bombard the Kamaishi steel works in the first
naval gunfire directed against the Japanese home islands.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Borneo, Australian troops
advanced past the Manggar airfield east of Balikpapan and have
penetrated the Japanese defenses in the Macassar Strait coastal belt
which was recently intensely resisted.
In Occupied Germany... In Konigsee, General Eisenhower announces the closure of SHAEF (Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force) and eases some of the restrictions on private contact between American soldiers and German civilians.
The carefully-defined limits to fraternization are part of a scheme
prepared by Eisenhower, to be presented as part of an Allied plan for
unified control of the country. Fraternization is forbidden in the
British Army. Meanwhile, the French flag was formally unfurled today at
the summit of the Victory Column in Berlin which commemorates the German
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This
chronological study of the Second World War provides a
comprehensive day-by-day account of WWII. While focused on the
military history of the war, with an emphasis on the battles
and campaigns fought, the timeline includes social and
political history as well. Some Holocaust related events are
already recorded and additional updates are pending. In so far
as possible, the images included in this presentation are
pictures from the given days. Additional information and
images are welcome through the feedback form found on the
index.
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