Air Operations, CBI

• 11 341st Medium Bomb Group B-25s and 2 14th Air Force P-51s attack a Japanese Army headquarters near Wuchang, motor-vehicle convoys in the Siang-Chiang valley, and targets around Sienning.
• More than 40 fighter-bombers attack Japanese troops moving through northern French Indochina and eastern China.

Air Operations, Philippines

V Fighter Command P-38s attack targets on Luzon.

Air Operations, Ryukyus

FEAF B-25s and 32 319th Medium Bomb Group A-26s attack shipping at Naze-Ko.

Burma

Heavy fighting takes place along the Sittang River as the Japanese continue their counterthrusts.

Japan, Home Front

US radio broadcasts call on Japan to surrender or face destruction.

Pacific

• US Navy planes attack shipping in Tsushima Strait and off Fusan, Korea.
• The US attack transport Marathon (APA-200) is damaged by a piloted torpedo in the Okinawa area.
• The US submarine Sea Robin (SS-407) sinks the Japanese cargo vessels Chio Maru and Yoshi Maru about 18 miles east of Shinishi Island.
• Mines sink the Japanese merchant cargo ship Nichiyo Maru in Tomita harbor.

Images from July 21, 1945

British Victory Parade in Berlin

A Salute by 25-pounder Guns

Returning Part of Stolen Artwork

Shelling Japanese Positions