Air Operations, Asia
The Far East Air Force bombs 4 air bases in the Shanghai area.
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CHINA- 20 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 20 14th Air Force P-47s and P-51s attack rail yards at Shihkiachwang.
- 7 B-25s and 2 P-51s attack motor-vehicle convoys in the Siang-Chiang valley and bridges near Yoyang.
- FEAF B-25s attack Itu Aba Island.
- 37 fighter-bombers attack various targets across northern French Indochina and southern and eastern China.
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]Air Operations, East Indies
- 42nd Medium Bomb Group B-25s attack the Jesselton airfield on Borneo.
- XIII Fighter Command P-38s attack suicide boats hidden near Sandakan.
| ]Air Operations, Japan
- More than 90 FEAF fighter-bombers attack targets throughout the Nagoya area.
- VII Fighter Command fighter-bombers attack numerous targets on Honshu.
- 15th and 506th Fighter group P-51s down a D3A 'Val' dive bomber and 8 fighters over the Osaka area between 1005 and 1100 hours.
- During the night 127 58th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Fukui. 126 73rd Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Hitachi. 91 313th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Choshi. 126 314th Very Heavy Bomb Wing B-29s attack Okazaki. 83 315th Very Heavy Bomb B-29s attack oil facilities at Amagasaki. 7 B-29s attack targets of opportunity. 6th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s sow mines off Kobe, Osaka, and several other port cities.
- 3 B-29s are lost.
| ]Air Operations, Korea
During the night 6th Very Heavy Bomb Group B-29s sow mines off Wonsan.
[ | ]Air Operations, Philippines
V Fighter Command P-38s attack troops and defenses on Luzon and Palawan.
[ | ]Air Operations, Ryukyus
A VMF(N)-533 F6F night-fighter downs an A6M Zero off Okinawa at 0215 hours.
[ | ]Burma
Japanese units in Burma begin an all-out effort to break out of their encircled position.
[ | ]Pacific
- The US destroyer Thatcher (DD-514) is hit and badly damaged in a suicide attack off Okinawa.
- The US submarine Bumper (SS-333) attacks a Japanese convoy in the Gulf of Siam and sinks the fleet oil tanker No.3 Kyoei Maru (1189t).
| ]United States, Politics
Congress ratifies the Bretton Woods monetary agreement.
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Images from July 19, 1945
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