Air Operations, CarolinesRoyal Navy carrier aircraft from the heavy carrier HMS Implacable attack the Truk Atoll day and night. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, CBICHINA
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![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, PhilippinesV Bomber Command B-25s and A-20s, and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack various 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. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Air Operations, PacificThe blighted city of Osaka is revisited by US B-29s, and is bombarded with a further 3,000 tons of bombs and incendiaries. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Allied PlanningThe Joint War Plans Committee submits a briefing paper to the Joint Chiefs of Staff reaffirming its recommendation that an invasion of the home islands is the only means for the decisive defeat of Japan. Planners estimate 193,000 American casualties. Although Soviet participation in the invasion is no longer essential to success, Soviet forces could be useful in holding Japanese troops in northern China and Manchuria and preventing them from reinforcing the home island defenses. [![]() ![]() ![]() Britain, Home FrontParliament is dissolved in anticipation of the first General Election since 1935. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() BurmaThe mopping up in the Shan Mountains are ends. Mountbatten addresses a Victory Parade in Rangoon. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Dutch East IndiesAustralian forces complete clearing the islands of Labuan and Muara, off Borneo. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() OkinawaThe Marines in action of Kunishi Ridge are unable to advance and suffer heavy casualties. The 1st Division, already short of men, is integrated with the 8th Regiment of the 2nd Marine Division. The elimination of the Japanese positions on Mount Yaeju and Mount Yuza by the XXIV Corps goes on slowly. Damaged in a collision in the Okinawa area is the US destroyer escort O'Flaherty (DE-340). [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Pacific
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() PhilippinesOn Luzon in the north of the island, Filipino guerrillas seize Cervantes. The US 37th Division pushes on in the Cagayan valley, eliminating a Japanese strongpoint about 3 miles from Santiago, near Cabanatuan. [![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Images from June 15, 1945
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