Chronology of World War II

July 1945

Sunday, July 8th


Air Operations, CBI

CHINA
  • 6 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 4 81st Fighter Group P-47s attack a bridge and trains near Sinsiang.
FRENCH INDOCHINA
  • More than 60 14th Air Force fighter-bombers attack Japanese forces witdrawing through Don Son, Haiphong, and Tourane, as well as in the China-French Indochina border region.
[rarr2rarr2 | rarr2rarr2]

Air Operations, Asia

Sgt Simon Eden of the RAF, aged 20 and son of the British Foreign Secretary, is missing in action over Burma.

[rarr2rarr2]

Air Operations, East Indies

FEAF B-24s and B-25s, with a small number of Royal Australian Air Force bombers, attack various targets on Borneo and support Australian Army ground forces around Balikpapan.

[rarr2rarr2 | rarr2rarr2]

Air Operations, Formosa

  • V Bomber Command B-24s attack the airfield at Shinchiku.
  • B-25s attack Koto Island and an alcohol plant at Getsubi.
  • V Fighter Command P-38s attack an oil installation.
[rarr2rarr2 | rarr2rarr2]

Air Operations, Japan

  • More than 100 VII Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack airfields and nearby targets on Honshu.
    • 8 USAAF fighters are lost against the most aggressive opposition encountered over Japan by the VII Fighter Command.
  • 15th and 506th Fighter group P-51s down 6 Japanese Navy fighters near Honshu's Hyakurigahara and Tokorozawa airfields between 1405 and 1505 hours.
  • A 318th Fighter Group P-47 down a Ki-44 'Tojo' fighter at 1640 hours.
[larr2larr | rarrrarr2]

Air Operations, Philippines

V Fighter Command P-38s and P-51s support US 8th Army and Filipino guerrilla forces on Luzon.

[rarr1rarr1 | rarr1rarr2]

Pacific

  • The US submarine Sea Robin (SS-407) sinks the Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser CHA-85 off Quelpart Island.
  • The Japanese merchant passenger/cargo ship Saitsu Maru (1045t) is sunk by the US submarine (SS-420) near Dairen, Korea.
[larr2larr | rarrrarr]

Philippines

On Mindanao fighting is still going on in the Sarangani Bay area, in which Filipino guerrillas under American leadership take part.

[larr2larr | rarrrarr]

Images from July 8, 1945

Shipping Damage at Hamburg


Shipping Damage at Hamburg

Victory Parade in Leningrad


Victory Parade in Leningrad

Grounded Dutch Submarine O-19


Grounded Dutch Submarine <i>O-19</i>

Transferring Sick and Wounded to a Hospital Ship


Transferring Sick and Wounded to a Hospital Ship

[July 7th - July 9th]