Chronology of World War II

July 1945

Friday, July 6th

Air Operations, CBI

CHINA
  • 98 14th Air Force P-38s and P-51s attack a wide range of transportation targets and troops in northern French Indochina and southern and eastern China.
FRENCH INDOCHINA
  • A 449th Fighter Squadron P-38 downs a Ki-27 'Nate' near Hanoi's Gia Lam airfield.
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Air Operations, East Indies

FEAF B-24s attack several targets on Borneo.

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Air Operations, Formosa

  • V Bomber Command B-24s attack airfields at Heito, Ryutan, and Taein.
  • 3rd Light Bomb Group A-26s attack rail yards at Taito.
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Air Operations, Japan

  • 35th Fighter Group P-51s attack transportation targets around Kagoshima Bay.
  • VII Fighter Command P-51s based on Iwo Jima attack several airfields on Honshu.
  • A 21st Fighter Group P-51 downs an A6M Zero near Sagami Bay.
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Air Operations, Philippines

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

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Air Operations, Ryukyus

A VMF-351 F4U, off the USS Cape Gloucester downs a Ki-46 'Dinah' reconnaissance plane at sea at 0925 hours.

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China

Gen Claire Chennault, the legendary commander of the 'Flying Tigers', offers his resignation.

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United States, Policy

Operation OVERCAST is authorized. It calls for the search and removal of valuable German scientists to the United States.

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World Affairs

Nicaragua becomes the first nation to ratify the UN Charter.

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Images from July 6, 1945

CANBERRA, A.C.T. 6 JULY 1945. A MEMORIAL SERVICE WAS HELD IN KING'S HALL, PARLIAMENT HOUSE, CANBERRA, FOR THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN CURTIN, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA, WHO DIED ON 5 JULY 1945. SHOWN, PALL BEARERS CARRYING THE COFFIN INTO PARLIAMENT HOUSE

Memorial Service for Prime Minister Curtin


Memorial Service for Prime Minister Curtin
USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa in July 1945. Photographed from on board USS Essex (CV-9), with a TBF aircraft parked in the foreground. Port broadside surface view, looking into the sun, with Wilkes-Barre essentially seen in silhouette

USS Wilkes-Barre (CL-103) operating off Okinawa


<i>USS Wilkes-Barre</i> (CL-103) operating off Okinawa
BEAUFORT AREA, BORNEO. 6 JULY 1945. A JEEP TRAIN CARRYING HEADQUARTERS 24TH INFANTRY BATTALION EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES, ON THE BEAUFORT-JESSELTON RAILWAY LINE

BEAUFORT AREA, BORNEO


BEAUFORT AREA, BORNEO
Prime Minister John Curtin's casket lying in state at King's Hall, Old Parliament House, Canberra, 6 July 1945

Prime Minister John Curtin's Casket Lying In State


Prime Minister John Curtin's caske
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