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Soviet Union
Soviet government tells Japanese ambassador in Moscow it cannot accept a special representative from Tokyo to discuss such unclear proposals
   End of the war in Asia and the Pacific
   Japanese-Soviet relations

Belgium
Belgian senate refuses to allow King Leopold III to return
   Belgium: Home front and occupation
   Leopold III

Wake Island
Aircraft from USN carrier Wasp attack Japanese garrison
   Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
   Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945

Mariana Islands
Headquarters of United States Army Strategic Air Forces established under Spaatz on Guam
   Twentieth Air Force (US)
   General Carl Spaatz

Solomon Islands
RAN frigate Diamantina bombards Japanese positions on Bougainville Island
   Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945
   Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific

East Indies
Japanese vessel Hayabusa Maru sunk by RN submarine Trenchant
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
   Naval operations in the East Indies

Three other Japanese vesses damaged by RN submarine Trenchant
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
   Naval operations in the East Indies

US FEAF attacks targets on Celebes Island with B-24 bombers
   Naval operations in the East Indies
   Air operations in the East Indies

Philippine Islands
US 5th Air Force fighters attack targets on Luzon
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945

Formosa
US FEAF attacks Matsuyama and other targets
   Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945

Ryukyu Islands
US FEAF fighters attack targets throughout the islands
   Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Japan
US FEAF fighters attack targets on Kyushu and Honshu
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 and RN Task Force 37 attack targets around Tokyo and Yokosuka
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN training ship Kasuga sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN escort destroyer Yaezakura (not yet completed) sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN submarine I-372 sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN auxiliary patrol vessels Pa No. 37, Pa No. 110, and Pa No. 122 sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN motor torpedo boat Gyoraitei No. 28 sunk by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 and RN Task Force 37
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Japanese vessel Shintai Maru sunk by USN aircraft
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Japanese vessel Tagami Maru sunk by USN aircraft
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN battleship Nagato damaged by carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

IJN motor torpedo boat Gyoraitei No. 256, landing ship T-110, target ship Yakaze, and auxiliary sub chaser Cha-225 damaged by carrier-based aircraft
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

USN Task Group 35.4 with four light cruisers and destroyers bombards targets on Honshu
   Naval operations in Japanese waters

IJN Coast Defense vessel No. 112 sunk by USN submarine Barb
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945

IJN escort carrier Kaiyo damaged by mine
   Naval operations in Japanese waters

Japanese vessel Tenyo Maru sunk by unknown cause
   Naval operations in Japanese waters

East China Sea
Japanese vessel Chishima Maru sunk by USN aircraft
   Naval operations in East Asian waters
   Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945

China
Kweilin-Liuchow operations: Chinese forces recover Changsheling
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

US FEAF attacks targets around Shanghai with about 150 bombers
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
   Air operations over China, 1937-1945

US 14th Air Force attacks targets around Yoyang, Suichwan, Lingling, and elsewhere with P-51 fighters and P-38 fighters
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
   Air operations over China, 1937-1945

French Indochina
US 14th Air Force fighters attack targets around Viet Tri and elsewhere
   Operations in Indo-China, 1945
   Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater


Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 31
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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