Air Operations, CBICHINA
Air Operations, East IndiesXIII Bomber Command B-24s and XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack several targets on Borneo. [ | ]Air Operations, Formosa
Air Operations, Japan28 318th Fighter Group P-47s attack shipping and a lighthouse on islands south of Kyushu. [ | ]Air Operations, PhilippinesV Bomber Command A-20s attack targets on Luzon. [ | ]Air Operations, RyukyusUS Navy and Marine Corps aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands. [ | ]France, Home Front100,000 German PoWs are to be used to clear 100 million mines. [ | ]GermanyZhukov is appointed as the Soviet representative on the Allied Control Commission. [ | ]IranThe Foreign Minister demands(asks for?) the withdrawal of all British, US and Russian forces. []OkinawaIn the US XXIV Corps sector, the 77th Div penetrates among the ruins of the village of Shuri. The 7th Div overcomes Japanese resistance near Karadera. Most of the enemy have already retired farther south. The US advance reaches Shuri south of the former Japanese positions. [ | ]PacificThe Japanese submarine I-12 is sunk by aircraft (VC-13) from the US escort carrier Anzio in the Philippine Sea. [ | ]PhilippinesOn Negros Island, all organized resistance by the Japanese in the western part of the island ceases. [ | ]SyriaDamascus is again bombed by the French. [ | ]Images from May 30, 1945
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