Air Operations, CBI

• 13 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 12 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack bridges and anti-aircraft batteries near Chenghsien and at Lohochai, as well as horse-drawn transport, rail lines, and targets of opportunity and various other locations.
• More than 40 fighter-bombers attack lines of communication and artillery positions at various locations.

Air Operations, East Indies

• FEAF B-24s and XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack Balikpapan and nearby shore defenses.
• FEAF B-25s attack the Manggar airfield on Borneo and warehouses at Balikpapan.

Air Operations, Japan

2 28th Composite Bomb Group B-24s attack Kurabu Cape with the aid of radar.

Air Operations, Philippines

V Bomber Command A-20s and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers support US 6th Army and Filipino guerrilla forces on Luzon.

Air Operations, Ryukyus

• US Navy and Marine Corps aircraft support US 10th Army ground forces on Okinawa and attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands.
• 318th Fighter Group P-47s attack targets in the Sakishima Islands.
• A VMF(N)-533 F6F downs a G3M 'Nell' bomber 73 miles from Ie Shima at 0157 hours.
• A 548th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 crew downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber at sea at 2140 hours.

Air Operations, Volcano Islands

A 549th Night Fighter Squadron P-61 crew downs an A6M Zero near Iwo Jima at 0230 hours.

Pacific

• The US destroyer escort Neuendorf (DE-200) is damaged in a collision in the Philippine Islands area.
• The US motor minesweeper YMS-339 is damaged when it is accidentally bombed by US aircraft in the Balikpapan area of Borneo.

Soviet Union, Home Front

A Victory Parade is held in Moscow. Captured Nazi banners are ceremonially dragged across Red Square.

Thailand

The bridge over the River Kwai, symbol of the horrifying use of slave and POW labor by the Japanese, is destroyed in a British bombing raid. The Japanese rail link to Thailand is being cut to pieces by Allied bombing, with US forces even using new radar-guided bombs to make accurate hits on bridges and depots.

Images from June 24, 1945

MOROTAI. 24 JUNE 1945. A REHEARSAL FOR THE OBOE 2 OPERATION WAS CONDUCTED BY OBOE 2 ATTACK GROUP IN CONJUNCTION WITH 7 DIVISION IN THE MIRA RIVER AREA. SHOWN, AMPHIBIOUS DUKWS OF THE 9TH WAVE, WITH MEMBERS OF 7 DIVISION ABOARD, PREPARING TO MOVE INTO THE BEACH

Rehearsal for Oboe 2 Operation

Victory Parade, Moscow, Red Square, June 24, 1945

Victory Parade, Moscow Red Square

Victory Parade, Moscow, Red Square, June 24, 1945

Victory Parade, Moscow Red Square