 In the Ryukyu Islands... On Okinawa, the battle ends. American forces have lost 12,500 dead and 35,500 wounded. The US navy has had 36 ships sunk and 368 damaged. In the air, the American forces have lost 763 planes. The Japanese losses include 120,000 military and 42,000 civilian dead. For the first time in the war, there are a relatively large number of Japanese prisoners: 10,755. American reports claim the Japanese have lost 7,830 planes.
In China... Japanese troops evacuate Liuchow, setting it on
fire before the approaching Chinese forces.
Over Japan... American B-29 Superfortress bombers drop about
3000 tons of bombs on Japanese munitions plants in Kobe, Osaka, Nagoya
and Okayama.
In the Greater Sunda Islands... On Tarakan, off the northeast
coast of Borneo, Australian forces have eliminated all Japanese
resistance. On Borneo, the city of Sarawak is captured.
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