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German submarine U-629 was sunk in the English Channel by a B-24 of No. 53 Squadron RAF. Japanese destroyer Hayanami became the second ship to be torpedoed and sunk in the Sibutu Passage by USS Harder in as many days. American destroyer Meredith struck a mine in the English Channel and was severely damaged. Salvage efforts would be abandoned on ...
A B-29 over Osaka on 1 June 1945. On the first day of June 521 B-29s escorted by 148 P-51s were dispatched in a daylight raid against Osaka. While en route to the city the P-51D Mustangs flew through thick clouds, and 27 of the fighters were destroyed in collisions. Nevertheless, 458 heavy bombers and 27 P-51s reached the city and the ...
May–August - Battle of Changsha (1944) June 4-September 7 - Battle of Mount Song; June 15-July 9 - Battle of Saipan; June 15/16 - Bombing of Yawata (June 1944) June 19–20 - Battle of the Philippine Sea; June 22-August 8 - Defense of Hengyang; July 10-August 25 - Battle of Driniumor River; July 21-August 10 - Battle of Guam (1944)
It is funded by Osaka city and Osaka Prefecture. [1] In 2015, after pressures by members of the Japan Innovation Party, exhibits were changed; the section on U.S. air raids in Osaka Prefecture between December 1944 and August 1945 was expanded and items related to Japan's actions in Asia were removed. [2]
1880 – Osaka Commercial Training Institute established. 1881 – Osaka Iron Works established. [10] [18] 1882 Osaka Boseki Kaisha (spinning mill) in business. Population: 332,425. [4] 1884 – Osaka Shosen Kaisha (shipping firm) in business. [19] 1887 – Population: 426,846. [4] 1888 – Osaka Mainichi Shinbun (newspaper) begins publication ...
The Battle of Okinawa (1 April to 21 June): Of approximately 100,000 Japanese defenders, only 24,455 survived. There were also two naval battles: Operation Ten-Go (7 April): All but four Japanese vessels committed were lost. The Battle of Tokyo Bay (22 and 23 July 1945): Most of the Japanese vessels committed were heavily damaged or lost.
On June 6, 1944, the world was forever changed. World War II had already been raging around the globe for four years when the planning for Operation Neptune -- what we now know as "D-Day" -- began ...
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