Chronology of World War II

June 1945

Saturday, June 2nd


Air Operations, CBI

CHINA
  • 2 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack ammunition and fuel dumps near Nanyang.
  • 20 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack various targets.
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Air Operations, East Indies

  • FEAF B-24s attack the Pontianak airfield on Borneo, Tarakan Island, and Labuan Island.
  • 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s and XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack Kudat, Miri, and Sandakan.
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Air Operations, Formosa

  • 45 V Bomber Command B-24s attack toxic-gas stores at Hozan.
  • Despite poor visibility, B-24s attack the port area and warehouses at Kiirun.
  • 17 B-24s weathered out of Kiirun attack the town area at Takao.
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Air Operations, Japan

US carrier aircraft from Task Group 38.4 attack airfields on Kyushu. A VF-85 F4U downs a J2M 'Jack' fighter and a Ki-43 'Oscar' fighter over Kagoshima Bay at 1005 hours.

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Air Operations, Philippines

  • V Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack various targets and support US 6th Army ground forces on Luzon.
  • Fighter-bombers attack targets on Negros.
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Air Operations, Ryukyus

US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands.

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Diplomatic Relations

De Gaulle criticizes the British for intervention in Syria and Lebanon.

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Okinawa

Mopping up continues, while the 6th Marine Div gets ready to land 2 regiments on the Oroku peninsula.

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Pacific

TF 38 raids kamikaze bases in southern Japan. This, and other raids, compel the Japanese to continue operations from bases farther north.

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Philippines

On Luzon in the US XI Corps sector, the 43rd Div finishes the mopping up of the Ipo area.

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World Affairs

At San Francisco, Russian delegates demand the right of veto in the proposed UN Security Council.

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Images from June 2, 1945

398th Return to USA - 603rd Squadron - 2 June 1945

398th Return to USA


398th Return to USA

Sgt George Laws, cine cameraman and photographer with No 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit, poses with his cine camera for a final picture before leaving the North West European theatre in June 1945

A Cameraman and His Camera


A Cameraman and His Camera

An LCT approaches the beach on Okinawa June 2 loaded with tires for American forces now compressing the enemy into one small section of the strategic island. These tires will soon be on 6 trucks and jeeps loaded with supplies in the front lines.

An LCT Loaded with Tires


An LCT Loaded with Tires

Brigadier J.D.B. Smith inspecting the Canadian Berlin Brigade before the unit's departure for Berlin. Rijssen, Netherlands, 2 June 1945

Inspecting the Canadian Berlin Brigade


inspecting the Canadian Berlin Brigade

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