Air Operations, CBI

• Several 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack a bridge and the ferry terminal at Chungmow.
• 4 81st Fighter Group P-47s strafe the airfield at Kaifeng and locomotives.
• 4 P-47s attack rail yards at Yuhsiang.
• 4 14th Air Force P-51s attack a bridge near Kiehsiu.

Air Operations, East Indies

• Following weeks-long air and naval attacks, and a 40-minute final preinvasion strike against beach targets by 83 FEAF B-24s, an Australian Army corps lands at Balikpapan to seize the strategically vital oilfields. The landing itself is concealed by a last-minute smoke screen laid down by an FEAF B-25.
• Once the troops are ashore, direct support is provided by FEAF B-25s, XIII Fighter Command P-38s, and USN and USMC carrier aircraft from Task Group 78.4* operating under the direction of Marine Air Support Group 48 (the first time carrier-based Marines have overseen such an operation).
• The Balikpapan landing is the last major amphibious operation of the Pacific War.
• FEAF B-24s attack the Limboeng and Mandai airfields on Celebes and Balikpapan.
• B-24s, B-25s, and XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack the Oelin, Tabanio and Trombol airfields on Borneo and targets in the Tawau area.

Air Operations, Japan

• In the first attack against Japanese soil by USAAF B-25s since the Doolittle raid of April 18, 1942, 33 41st Medium Bomb Group B-25s, escorted by US Marine Corps F4Us, attack the Chiran airfield on Kyushu.
• 413th Fighter Group P-47s based at Ie Shima attack targets on Kyushu.
• 83 VII Fighter Command P-51s based on Iwo Jima attack 4 airfields on Honshu: atHamamatsu, Itami, Kasumigaura, and Nagano.
• A 413th Fighter Group P-47 downs a G4M 'Betty' bomber over Kagoshima Bay at 0730 hours.
• 21st Fighter Group P-51s down a G3M 'Nell' bomber and 2 G4M 'Betty' bombers over Honshu between 1525 and 1545 hours.
• The 20th Air Force’s 507th Fighter Group, in P-47s based at Ie Shima, makes its combat debut while attacking ground targets on Kyushu.
• During the night 152 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Kure. 154 73rd Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Kumamoto. 100 313th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Ube. 126 314th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Shimonoseki. 9 B-29s attack targets of opportunity. 24 505th Very Heavy Bomb Group Bomber Command B-29s sow mines in Shimonoseki Strait and off Fushiki and Nanao.
• 2 B-29s are lost.

Air Operations, Philippines

V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack several targets on Luzon.

China

Chinese troops advancing through southern China liberate Liuchow, a key town astride the main north-south rail line and featuring a large air base formerly used by US air units. USAAF forces are now working to reopen captured air bases for the strategic bombing campaign against the Japanese mainland.

Dutch East Indies

In Operation OBOE II, after a series of preparatory air raids beginning on June 25 and with the support of an American naval attack group, 33,000 men of the reinforced 7th Australian Div land at Balikpapan. The naval support group consists of 9 cruisers and 13 destroyers led by Adm Daniel E. Barbey. Three escort carriers give support to the landing for the first three days ashore. Gen Edward Milford commands the troops. There is hardly any opposition to the landing, but the Japanese have prepared powerful positions inland.

Pacific

The Japanese coast defense vessel No. 72 is sunk by the US submarine Haddo (SS-255) in the Yellow Sea.

Images from July 1, 1945

Australian troops landing at Balikpapan, Borneo, July 1945

Landing at Balikpapan

Balikpapan, Borneo. 1 July 1945. Members OF 10 Field Ambulance using a jeep ambulance to take Australians and natives, wounded during the Oboe 2 Operation, back to the beach dressing station.

Taking Wounded Back to Beach Dressing Station

B-24 Liberators on bombing run over Balikpapan just before the landing.

Bombing Balikpapan

USS LCI(L)-338 firing rockets at the beach preceding the Balikpapan landing

Firing Fockets at the Beach

LVTs and LCVPs take troops to shore while LST-454 maintains its position

Landing Craft Taking Troops to Shore

Co. A LVTs carrying troops of 2/27 Australian Infantry Battalion toward Green Beach

Heading toward Green Beach

Co. A LVTs just off Green/Yellow Beach

Just off Green/Yellow Beach

Co. A LVTs on shore

Co. A LVTs On Shore