Chronology of World War II

July 1945

Saturday, July 7th


Air Operations, CBI

CHINA
  • More than 80 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Japanese forces withdrawing through northern French Indochina and southern and eastern China.
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Air Operations, East Indies

Supplementing Royal Australian Air Force efforts, FEAF B-24s and B-25s, and XIII Fighter Command P-38s support Australian Army ground forces in the Balikpapan area.

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Air Operations, Formosa

V Bomber Command B-24s mount strong attacks against the airfields at Matsuyama and Taihoku.

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Air Operations, Japan

Between 0700 and 0800 hours, 124 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Chiba. 123 73rd Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Akashi. 133 313th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Shimuzu. 131 314th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Kofu. 59 315th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack an oil refinery at Maruzen. 4 B-29s attack targets of opportunity. 4 B-29s are lost.

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Air Operations, Philippines

V Bomber Command B-25s and V Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack Japanese ground forces and support US 8th Army and Filipino guerrilla forces in several areas of Luzon.

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Pacific

  • Many small Japanese vessels are sunk or damaged by USN Privateer patrol bombers, which are modified B-24s, in the Yellow Sea off southern Japan.
  • Over the next few days, US carrier aircraft attack Japanese airfields on the Tokyo plain. A total of 173 Japanese machines are destroyed, utterly overwhelmed by more than 1,000 US fighter-bombers. Japan still has huge numbers of aircraft on the mainland, although many are committed to suicide missions. Japan also has an appalling deficit of trained pilots, and veteran US aviators easily pick off young crews with only a few hours' flying experience.
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Images from July 7, 1945

The war damaged Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church, Berlin,7 July 1945

Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church


Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church

Baseball game between Frederick Army Air Field (Tillman Co, OK) and Pampa Army Air Field (Gray Co, TX), 7 July, 1945

Baseball Game between Two Army Air Fields


Baseball Game between Two Army Air Fields

General Motors TBM Avenger damaged on the forward end of the flight deck of the Santee (ACV-29)(possibly 7 July 1945)

Damaged TBM Avenger


Damaged TBM Avenger

Elza Gate search by MPs at Oak Ridge, TN, July 1945

Gate at Oak Ridge


Gate at Oak Ridge

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