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 | 1945-07-26 | Little Boy reaches Tinian | The nine Uranium projectile rings, vital components of the Little Boy atomic bomb destined for Hiroshima, are delivered to Tinian island by the USS Indianapolis. | Read about 'Little Boy reaches Tinian' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Little Boy reaches Tinian' | |
| 1945-07-17 | 1945-07-18 | US bombards Hitachi | Allied battleships commanded by Rear Admiral Badger, Iowa, Missouri, Wisconsin, North Carolina, Alabama and HMS King George V and accompanying cruisers and destroyers, bombard industrial facilities near Hitachi. | Read about 'US bombards Hitachi' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'US bombards Hitachi' |
| 1945-07-16 | Trinity Nuclear Test | The US army conduct the first test of a nuclear weapon. The implosion plutonium device, the same design as the 'fat man' bomb used at Nagasaki, produced an explosion the equivalent of 20 kilotons of TNT. | Read about 'Trinity Nuclear Test' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Trinity Nuclear Test' | |
| 1945-07-14 | First naval bombardment | Rear Admiral John Shafroth leads Task Unit 34.8.1 in the first naval bombardment of the Japanese coastline. The battleships USS South Dakota, Indiana and Massachusetts as well as 2 heavy cruisers and nine destroyers attacked iron works near Kamaishi. | Read about 'First naval bombardment' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'First naval bombardment' | |
| 1945-07-07 | Kalagong massacre | 600 villages are murdered by troops from 3rd Battalion, 215th Regiment and the OC Moulmein Kempeitai of the Imperial Japanese Army. | Read about 'Kalagong massacre' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Kalagong massacre' | |
| 1945-06-08 | 1945-06-10 | Porton Plantation | Australians troops land and create a small perimeter. Failure to bring heavy weapons and support elements ashore after a number of landing craft ran aground. Japanese responded quickly, surrounded the beachhead and forced the Australians to withdraw. | Read about 'Porton Plantation' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Porton Plantation' |
| 1945-05-29 | Shuri Castle Falls | Three days of bombardment by the USS Mississippi force troops from the Japanese 32nd army to withdraw as troops from 1st Battalion, 5th Marines capture Shuri Castle. | Read about 'Shuri Castle Falls' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Shuri Castle Falls' | |
| 1945-05-01 | 1945-06-21 | Tarakan | First stage of the Borneo campaign with an amphibious landing by Australian troops. The operation's primary objective was to secure and develop the airstrip for use in subsequent operations. | Read about 'Tarakan' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Tarakan' |
| 1945-05-01 | 1945-08-01 | Borneo | Australian I Corps troops under, under General Morshead, attacked Japanese troops holding the island. The campaign isolated a large number of Japanese troops, captured major oil supplies and freed many Allied prisoners. | Read about 'Borneo' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Borneo' |
| 1945-04-12 | Roosevelt dies in office | President Roosevelt dies in office from a massive cerebral hemorrhage. | Read about 'Roosevelt dies in office' on WikiPedia | Discuss 'Roosevelt dies in office' |
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