July 1945

July 1, 1945 (Sunday)

July 2, 1945 (Monday)

  • Only 200,000 essential workers were left in Tokyo due to mass evacuations.[2]
  • The submarine USS Barb fired rockets on Kaihyo Island near Sakhalin, becoming the first American underwater craft to fire rockets in shore bombardment.[3]

July 3, 1945 (Tuesday)

July 4, 1945 (Wednesday)

  • About 500 Canadian troops riot in Aldershot, England in protest about the delay in sending them home.[5]

July 5, 1945 (Thursday)

July 6, 1945 (Friday)

  • General Lewis Lyne takes the salute during the first Allied forces victory parade in Berlin.[1]
  • Norway announced that it had declared war on Japan on December 7, 1941.[7]
  • Frank Forde became 15th Prime Minister of Australia one day after John Curtin's death in office.
  • Born: Burt Ward, television actor and activist, in Los Angeles, California.
  • MICHAEL I, King of Romania. Awarded with the rarest, most valuable and the highest military award of the Soviet Union - Order of Victory (Орден "Победa").

July 7, 1945 (Saturday)

July 8, 1945 (Sunday)

July 9, 1945 (Monday)

July 10, 1945 (Tuesday)

July 11, 1945 (Wednesday)

July 12, 1945 (Thursday)

July 13, 1945 (Friday)

  • The Berlin municipal council officially confiscated all property held by members of the Nazi Party.[9]
  • The American government admitted responsibility for the April 1 sinking of the Japanese hospital ship Awa Maru, claiming it was an error.[9]
  • Died: Alla Nazimova, 66, Russian actress (coronary thrombosis)

July 14, 1945 (Saturday)

  • Italy declared war on Japan effective the next day.[7]
  • Japanese destroyer Tachibana was bombed and sunk in Hakodate Bay by U.S. Navy aircraft.
  • The Simla Conference on the future of Indian government ended in failure.[4]
  • The ban on Allied troops fraternizing with German women was lifted.[1]

July 15, 1945 (Sunday)

July 16, 1945 (Monday)

July 17, 1945 (Tuesday)

July 18, 1945 (Wednesday)

July 19, 1945 (Thursday)

July 20, 1945 (Friday)

July 21, 1945 (Saturday)

  • The Battle of Balikpapan ended in Allied victory.
  • A U.S. Navy captain in the Office of War Information broadcast in Japanese an unauthorized talk in which he stated that American patience was "rapidly running out" and told Japan to surrender unconditionally or face "virtual destruction".[11]
  • Born: John Lowe, professional darts player, in New Tupton, Derbyshire, England

July 22, 1945 (Sunday)

  • American, British and Russian officials agreed to allow their respective military police forces to move freely throughout all occupation zones of Berlin to thwart the city's runaway black market trade.[12]
  • Art treasures worth an estimated $500 million U.S. that had been looted by the Germans during the war were returned to two galleries in Florence, Italy.[13]

July 23, 1945 (Monday)

July 24, 1945 (Tuesday)

July 25, 1945 (Wednesday)

  • The Potsdam Conference adjourned temporarily so the British delegation could return to England to hear the election results.[14]
  • The U.S. government announced the end of all organized Japanese resistance on Mindanao.[4]
  • Philippe Pétain caused an uproar when he spoke for the first time during his trial, claiming that he was deaf and had not heard a thing that had been said in court up to that time. Many in the courtroom did not believe him, pointing out that he had frequently appeared to be listening attentively and fidgeted the most when serious charges were being made against him.[15]
  • Japanese destroyer Nadakaze is sunk by British Submarine HMS Stubborn.

July 26, 1945 (Thursday)

July 27, 1945 (Friday)

July 28, 1945 (Saturday)

July 29, 1945 (Sunday)

July 30, 1945 (Monday)

July 31, 1945 (Tuesday)

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