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August 1945

Alaska
USN frigates Bisbee, Gallup, Bickford, Muskogee, Carson City, and Burlington transferred to Soviet Pacific fleet and depart for Soviet Union
   North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
   Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
   Soviet-American relations

Japan
Arrival of advance detachment of US occupation forces delayed by typhoon
   Surrender of Japan
   End of the war in Asia and the Pacific

Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 38 conduct patrols and recon flights
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Kuril Islands
Soviet troops occupy Matsuwa Island, Uruppu Island, and Etorofu Island
End of the war in Asia and the Pacific
Soviet Operations in the Far East, 1945

Manchukuo
Soviet 1st Far Eastern Front completes destruction of isolated Japanese forces in the Tungning fortified region
Soviet Operations in the Far East, 1945

Burma
Representatives from Field Marshal Terauchi's Southern Army headquarters in Saigon arrive Rangoon to receive surrender instructions
Surrender of Japan
End of the war in Asia and the Pacific

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: 6
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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