Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 2 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 2 81st Fighter Group P-47s attack a bridge near Chumatien.
- 37 14th Air Force P-51s attack various targets in northern French Indochina and southern and eastern China.
- 8 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack shipping and small craft in Haiphong harbor.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
FEAF B-24s attack Manggar and Riko.
[ | ]Air Operations, Formosa
V Bomber Command B-24s attack airfields at Taihoku, Takao, Toshien, Toyohara and supplies near Kamioka.
[ | ]Air Operations, Japan
- 47 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s and 25 41st Medium Bomb Command B-25s, escorted by 102 VII Fighter Command P-47s attack the Omura airfield on Kyushu and 2 nearby towns.
- More than 100 VII Fighter Command P-51s attack targets on Honshu.
- 35th Fighter Group P-51s sweep Kyushu. 35th Fighter Group P-51s down 4 N1K 'Rex' fighters over the Sasebo area at 1245 hours.
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V Fighter Command fighter-bombers mount nearly 100 sorties against targets on Luzon.
[ | ]Australia, Home Front
John Curtin, Prime Minister since 1941, dies at the age of 60. Curtin had held to post since October 1941, and although his political power was tenuous at times he had fully mobilized Australia for war, often against internal government opposition. More than 30,000 people attend his funeral in Perth on July 9. Mr Ben Chifley takes over on July 13.
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Britain, Politics
The British election is held. The results are not available until July 26 because of the time taken to bring home and count the soldiers' votes. The Labor Party wins: Labor, 394; Conservatives, 188; Liberals, 14; National Liberals, 13; Ulster Unionists, 9; Communists, 2; Others, 20.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
Britain and the United States recognize a new Polish government of National Unity. Stanislaws Mikolajczyk, formerly leader of the London exile government, is one of the deputy Premiers.
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Dutch East Indies
More Australian forces land in Borneo, near Penadjim Point in the Bay of Balikpapan. The Australians quickly extend their control from a number of beachheads along the coast and toward the interior.
[ | ]Pacific
- In Operation COLLIE the East Indies Fleet clears mines from the west coast of Malaya, prior to Operation ZIPPER (see September 9) and bombards Japanese bases in Nicobar Island and Sumatra over the next week.
- The US destroyer Smith (DD-378) is damaged accidentally by a depth charge in the Balikpapan area of Borneo.
- The Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser No. 37 is sunk by the US submarine Lizardfish (SS-373) off Java in the Dutch East Indies area.
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Gen MacArthur announces that the Philippines have been completely liberated. The Philippines campaign has been the larges operation for US forces in the Pacific, and the Japanese have lost well over 200,000 men. However, many other Japanese troops remain on the island
around 50,000 will surrender at the end of the war.
[ | ]United States, Command
It is announced that Gen Carl A. Spaatz will lead the US Strategic Air Force against Japan. Spaatz had formerly commanded the US bombing effort against Germany, and now he will oversee the air campaign against Japan and the deployment of the atomic bombs.
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Images from July 5, 1945
National Polling Day in London |
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RAF Flying Boat Base in India |
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Exploding Mines off Okinawa |
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F4U Corsair Hitting the Barricade |
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