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In Britain... Commemorative parades throughout the country
celebrate the fifth anniversary of the greatest RAF victory over the Luftwaffe,
when 185 German planes were destroyed over southern England, marking the
turning point in the Battle of Britain.
In the United States... A hurricane in southern Florida and the Bahamas destroys 366 planes and 25 blimps at Richmond Naval Air Station in Florida.
In Washington... The US Department of War issues figures
showing that a total of 7,306,000 soldiers (including a small number of
Allied forces and civilians) and 126,859,000 tons of war cargo have been
moved from American ports to all fronts between December 1941 and August
31, 1945.
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