Air Operations, CBI
CHINA- 23 90th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the main supply depot at Canton.
- 3 341st Medium Bombardment Group B-25s attack supply convoys in the Siang Chiang valley.
- 43 14th Air Force P-38s and P-51s attack airfields, coastal shipping, and transportation targets in northern French Indochina and southern and eastern China.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack barracks at Tandjung and warehouses at Donggala.
[ | ]Air Operations, Formosa
- 26 V Bomber Command B-24s attack oil stores at Toshien.
- 9 3rd Light Bomb Group A-26s attack a sugar refinery at Taiharo.
- V Fighter Command P-51s attack targets along the western coast.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
- More than 50 41st Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Kanoya airfield on Kyushu, a town on Kyushu, and the Tokuno Shima airfield in the Amami Islands.
- More than 70 41st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 32 319th Medium Bomb Group A-26s attack the Chiran airfield on Kyushu.
- 2 A-26s attack the seaplane base at Ibusuki.
- V Fighter Command fighter-bombers sweep Kyushu.
- 4 28th Composite Bomb Group B-25s strafe a freighter during an anti-shipping sweep in the Kurile Islands, but 1 B-25 is lost.
- During the night 115 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Utsunomiya. 123 73rd Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Ichinomiya. 92 313th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Tsuruga. 123 314th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Uwajima. 53 315th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack oil-industry targets at Kawasaki. 11 B-29s attack targets of opportunity. 2 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack the Byu and Miyazaki airfield on Kyushu.
- 3 B-29s are lost.
| ]Air Operations, Philippines
- XIII Bomber Command B-24s attack troop concentrations on Negros.
- V Fighter Command fighter-bombers support US 8th Army ground forces on Luzon.
- Following a virtual rain of napalm over the past several days, a Japanese defensive pocket at Kiangan, Luzon, is easily overrun by US 8th Army ground troops.
- The 1st Marine Aircraft Wing conducts its last major support operation of World War II when its aircraft cover a landing by a US 8th Army infantry division in southern Mindanao.
| ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
47 11th Heavy Bomb Group B-24s attack an airfield in the Amami Islands after being diverted because of bad weather over their primary target. A VMF(N)-543 F6F downs a G3M 'Nell' bomber off Okinawa at 0420 hours.
[ | ]Diplomatic Relations
Hirohito appoints former Prime Minister Prince Fuminaro Konoye as a secret peace emissary in Moscow. The Russians refuse to receive him.
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Dutch East Indies
There is an Allied landing near Andus. Australian troops take Maradi in the north of the island.
[ | ]Pacific
- The Japanese home islands of Shikoku and Honshu are heavily bombed.
- Mines sink the Japanese salvage ship Nasu Maru (694t) near Niigata, Japan, cargo vessel No.3 Fukushin Maru off Osaka harbor, merchant cargo ship Kojun Maru (2177t) east of Niigata light and tanker Mitsu Maru (5682t) in Akashi Strait.
| ]Philippines
In the XIV Corps area, where the 6th, 32nd, 37th, and 38th Infantry Divisions have been given responsibility for eliminating Japanese force from northern Luzon, the 6th Infantry Division captures Kiangan, The 37th Infantry Division, with support from Philippine guerrillas, patrols into the dense mountain forest of the Sierra Madre Mountains to locate Japanese defenders. Many are discovered sick or starving. The 32nd Infantry Division also attack into the Kiangan Pocket, destroying isolated units. The small combat actions will continue until the Japanese surrender.
The capture of Luzon and Leyte and the other islands of the Philippines, occupied by 380,000 Japanese soldiers, will prevent them from having any opportunity to be redeployed for the defense of the home islands. On Luzon alone, over 180,000 Japanese soldiers are lost, representing some of the finest units of the empire. American casualties on Luzon total over 37,000 with over 8,000 killed. Nonbattle casualties total 93,400 men.
In the 8th Army area, the 1st Battalion of the 21st Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, lands at Sarangani Bay to clear Japanese forces from the area. The fierce jungle battle will continue until the end of the war, with 14 Americans killed and 13 wounded. Japanese casualties number over 400 killed and 25 captured.
[ | ]Images from July 12, 1945
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