Monday, 12 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1945 - In Tokyo, the Japanese government at last accepts the inevitable and surrenders to the Allies unconditionally. President Truman declares that "This is the day we've been waiting for since Pearl Harbor". Emperor Hirohito makes an emotional broadcast to the Japanese nation saying that they had to surrender to keep the country from being destroyed by "a new and most cruel bomb". The surrender is formally made to General MacArthur at a ceremony abroad the U.S. battleship Missouri in Tokyo Bay.
Thursday, 8 August 2013
Wednesday, 7 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1942 - U.S. 1st Marine Division begins Operation Watchtower, the first U.S. offensive of the war, by landing on Guadalcanal, one of the Solomon Islands.
Tuesday, 6 August 2013
Monday, 5 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1944 - Polish insurgents liberated a German labour camp in Warsaw. 348 Jewish prisoners were freed.
Sunday, 4 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1944 - Nazi police raided a house in Amsterdam and arrested 8 people. Anne Frank, a teenager at the time, was one of the people arrested. Her dairy would be published after her death. The last entry in the dairy was on this day.
Thursday, 1 August 2013
On This Day
On This Day - 1936, Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic Games as they opened in Berlin.
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