Air Operations, CBICHINA
Air Operations, East IndiesXIII Bomber Command B-24s attack Brunei, the Melak airfield, shipyards at Samarinda, and Japanese Army troops on Tarakan Island. [ | ]Air Operations, Philippines
Air Operations, RyukyusUS Navy, Marine Corps, and Royal Navy aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands. [ | ]Britain, PoliticsThe British coalition ends as the Labor party rejects Churchill's proposal to continue the alliance with the Conservatives. Churchill is forced to call for general elections, Britain's first in 10 years. [ | ]GermanyHimmler is arrested by British troops at Bremervörde, disguised as a commercial traveller. [ | ]Japan, Home Front2 million students are mobilized in the 'Student Defense Corps'. [ | ]OkinawaOn the American right the 6th Marine Div goes ahead with operations for the total elimination of Japanese from the Horseshoe and for the capture of the Sugar Loaf. The 1st Marine Div attacks in the direction fo Shuri Ridge after taking Wana village and driving off Japanese counterattacks. Beyond Shuri Ridge is Shuri Castle, site of the Japanese headquarters. Meanwhile the 77th Inf Div of the XXIV Corps also advances north of Shuri and the 96th Div east of the same village, threatening to surround Shuri. Aware of the danger, the Japanese decide to withdraw from Shuri. [ | ]PacificThe Japanese minesweeper No. 34 is sunk by the US submarine Chub (SS-329) in the Java Sea. [ | ]PhilippinesOn Luzon the Americans resume their attacks on Woodpecker Ridge. Some patrols reach the area of the Guagua Dam. On Mindanao the 155th Regt of the US 31st Div captures Malaybalay, a Japanese supply base. [ | ]United States, Home FrontHumphrey Bogart marries Lauren Bacall. [ | ]Images from May 21, 1945
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