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1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949
1 Jan 1948
- The nationalised British Rail came into existence. ww2dbase [AC]
- Nymphe was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Nymphe | CPC]
United States
- Pedro del Valle retired from military service. ww2dbase [Pedro del Valle | CPC]
2 Jan 1948
Guam
- USS Sterlet departed Guam. ww2dbase [Sterlet | CPC]
3 Jan 1948
- The former King Mihai I of Romania was exiled out of the country. ww2dbase [Mihai I | CPC]
- 2nd Royal Berkshires departs Rangoon, Burma, on HMS Scythia as the last British battalion to leave the country that so many had died to liberate. ww2dbase [AC]
Romania
- Irina Burnaia fled out of Romania for Lebanon. ww2dbase [Irina Burnaia | CPC]
4 Jan 1948
Burma
- The Union of Burma was declared, with U Nu as its first Prime Minister. Communist groups such as White Flags, Red Flags, and the Revolutionary Burma Army refused to recognize the new state and threatened it with armed conflict. Unlike most other former colonies, Burma declined to become a member of the Commonwealth. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Thakin Nu was made the first Prime Minister of Burma. ww2dbase [U Nu | CPC]
6 Jan 1948
Japan
- USS Sterlet arrived at Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Sterlet | Okinawa | CPC]
10 Jan 1948
Japan
- USS Sterlet departed Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Sterlet | Okinawa | CPC]
13 Jan 1948
- Bruce Fraser was awarded the Grand Cross of the Norwegian Order of St. Olav. ww2dbase [Bruce Fraser | CPC]
United States
17 Jan 1948
China
- Wei Lihuang was made the commanding officer of the Northeast Anti-Communist Headquarters in Mukden (Shenyang), Liaoning Province, China. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | Mukden, Liaoning | CPC]
24 Jan 1948
- Julius Adler was promoted to the rank of major general. ww2dbase [Julius Adler | CPC]
28 Jan 1948
- Erich Mußfeldt was executed by hanging in Poland for crimes committed during his tenure at Majdanek and Auschwitz Concentration Camps. ww2dbase [Erich Mußfeldt | CPC]
Poland
Portugal
29 Jan 1948
- Arthur Coningham departed Santa Maria, Azores. ww2dbase [Arthur Coningham | CPC]
30 Jan 1948
- Indian political leader Mohandas Gandhi was assassinated by a Hindu fanatic in New Dehli, India. ww2dbase [AC]
Atlantic Ocean
- The Avro 688 Tudor Mark IV aircarft which Arthur Coningham traveled aboard disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle some time between 0304 hours and 0350 hours. ww2dbase [Arthur Coningham | CPC]
1 Feb 1948
- Vittorio Veneto was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Vittorio Veneto | CPC]
2 Feb 1948
Finland
- Lennart Oesch was released early from his penal servitude sentence in Finland. ww2dbase [Lennart Oesch | CPC]
4 Feb 1948
- Ceylon was granted independence with Dominion status. ww2dbase [AC]
10 Feb 1948
- USS Baya was recommissioned into service. ww2dbase [Baya | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 10 Feb 1948
11 Feb 1948
Japan
- Prince Takahito's son Prince Yoshihito was born. ww2dbase [Takahito | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 11 Feb 1948
13 Feb 1948
China
- Gao Youxin was killed after accidentally falling onto train tracks in Nanjing, China. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Nanjing | CPC]
17 Feb 1948
- Eighty-year-old Imam Yahya, the ruler of Yemen, was assassinated. During the war Imam Yahya had been courted by Adolf Hitler and received presents from him, but had turned down a treaty with Germany and maintained a policy of neutrality. His son and successor, Imam Ahmed, moving quickly to despatch thirty of his father's conspirators by having them publicly beheaded by a large grinning slave in the square at Hajjah. Ahmed would begin his reign by publicly blaming Britain for his father's death; claiming that dissident groups like "The Free Yemini" movement were sponsored by the British administration in Aden. ww2dbase [AC]
19 Feb 1948
China
- The C-0102 transport aircraft took its first flight over Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [C-0101 | Chongqing | CPC]
21 Feb 1948
United States
22 Feb 1948
Russia
- Kliment Voroshilov was given the medal commemorating "30 Years of the Soviet Army and Navy". ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
24 Feb 1948
United States
25 Feb 1948
- A communist government took power in Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- USS Randolph was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Randolph | DS]
1 Mar 1948
- Valiant was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Valiant | CPC]
- Renown was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Renown | CPC]
3 Mar 1948
Photo(s) dated 3 Mar 1948
5 Mar 1948
- The Curtiss Model 29A (or XF-87 Blackhawk) two-seat all-weather interceptor powered by four Westinghouse XJ34 turbojets took the first flight. ww2dbase [AC]
10 Mar 1948
- USS Missouri completed her scheduled overhaul at New York Naval Shipyard in New York, United States. ww2dbase [Missouri | CPC]
United States
- Tamalpais was reactivated by the Navy but not placed in commission, operating as USNS Tamalpais with the Military Sea Transportation Service. ww2dbase [Tamalpais | Mobile, Alabama | DS]
11 Mar 1948
- 30 Japanese officers, doctors, and a female nurse were tried by the Allied war crimes tribunal for human experimentation in China. 23 of them would later be found guilty, with 5 sentenced to death. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | CPC]
13 Mar 1948
- Fieberling was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Fieberling | CPC]
16 Mar 1948
United States
18 Mar 1948
Photo(s) dated 18 Mar 1948
19 Mar 1948
- Queen Elizabeth was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Queen Elizabeth | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Valiant was sold for scrap while at Devonport, Devon, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Valiant | Devonport, England | CPC]
26 Mar 1948
Philippines
- Carlsen Field in Trinidad was renamed Carlsen Air Force Base by the US Department of the Air Force General Order Number 10. ww2dbase [Carlsen Field | Chaguanas | CPC]
Trinidad
- The US base at Chaguramas, Trinidad was renamed Waller Air Force Base. ww2dbase [Chaguramas | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Rodney began to be scrapped at Inverkeithing, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Rodney | Scotland | CPC]
31 Mar 1948
- The United States Congress voted for the funding for the Marshall Plan. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- USS Barbero was activated as an experimental cargo submarine. ww2dbase [Barbero | CPC]
- The former Japanese Navy landing ship No. 147 was scrapped in the United States. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | CPC]
2 Apr 1948
United States
- Benjamin Kelsey was promoted to the rank of colonel. ww2dbase [Benjamin Kelsey | CPC]
5 Apr 1948
- The trial against Albert Forster began at Gdansk, Poland by the Polish Supreme National Tribunal. ww2dbase [Albert Forster | CPC]
7 Apr 1948
Photo(s) dated 7 Apr 1948
16 Apr 1948
- Starting on this date and lasting through the following month, the United States test detonated three nuclear weapons at Eniwetak, Marshall Islands. ww2dbase [CPC]
21 Apr 1948
- The battleship USS Texas (BB-35) was taken over by the State of Texas to be preserved as a memorial in a specially-dredged canal in San Jacinto State Park, Texas, United States. ww2dbase [Texas | AC]
23 Apr 1948
- ShCh-307 was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [ShCh-307 | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 23 Apr 1948
25 Apr 1948
- Francis Tuker retired from military service. ww2dbase [Francis Tuker | CPC]
28 Apr 1948
- ShCh-307 was converted to a floating charging station with the new designation PZS-5. ww2dbase [ShCh-307 | CPC]
29 Apr 1948
- The trial against Albert Forster ended. ww2dbase [Albert Forster | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Production of Avro York aircraft ceased. ww2dbase [York | England | AC]
1 May 1948
- Former Japanese destroyer Yukikaze was commissioned into the Navy of the Republic of China as Tang Yan. ww2dbase [Yukikaze | CPC]
3 May 1948
- The town of Ota in Gunma Prefecture, Japan gained city status. ww2dbase [CPC]
5 May 1948
- VF-17 became the first US Navy squadron to be qualified to fly jets from an aircraft carrier. Three days of operations aboard the USS Saipan saw the squadron's pilots checked out on a minimum of eight take-offs and landings each. ww2dbase [AC]
Russia
- German prisoner of war Georg Jantschi made a unsuccessful suicide attempt while in Soviet captivity at the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow, Russia. ww2dbase [Lefortovo Prison | Moscow | CPC]
United States
- Curtiss XP-87 Blackhawk prototype jet fighter took its first flight. ww2dbase [CPC]
8 May 1948
- Former Burmese Prime Minister U Saw was hanged in Insein prison near Rangoon, Burma after his conviction for being complicit in the assassination of General Aung San. ww2dbase [AC]
11 May 1948
- USS Chub arrived at Izmir, Turkey. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
12 May 1948
Netherlands
- Queen Wilhelmina passed her monarchial duties to Princess Juliana due to health issues. ww2dbase [Wilhelmina | CPC]
13 May 1948
- Chen Cheng was relieved from all of his military positions including his position as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | CPC]
14 May 1948
- The 1948 Arab–Israeli War, also known as the Israeli Independence War, began. ww2dbase [CPC]
Photo(s) dated 14 May 1948
15 May 1948
Photo(s) dated 15 May 1948
16 May 1948
- Zhao Chengshou surrendered to the Chinese Communist forces at Jinzhong, Shanxi, China. ww2dbase [Zhao Chengshou | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 16 May 1948
18 May 1948
Russia
- Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic leaders ordered all non-Russian-language village names in Krym (Crimea), Russia to be given Russian-language names. ww2dbase [Deportation of Crimean Tatars | Krym | CPC]
20 May 1948
China
- Chiang Kaishek stepped down as the Chairman of the Nationalist Government and became the first Chinese president under the new Constitution of the Republic of China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 20 May 1948
22 May 1948
Greece
- Georgios Tsolakoglou passed away from leukemia while in captivity in Athens, Greece. ww2dbase [Georgios Tsolakoglou | Athens | CPC]
23 May 1948
- USS Chub was decommissioned from service at Izmir, Turkey and was transferred to the Turkish Navy. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- USS Brill was decommissioned from service and was transferred to Turkey, which commissioned her as submarine Inönü. ww2dbase [Brill | CPC]
Turkey
- USS Boarfish was decommissioned from service at Izmir, Turkey and was struck from the US Navy Register. On the same day, she was transferred to Turkey and was recommissioned under the new name of Sakarya (S-332). ww2dbase [Boarfish | Izmir | CPC]
25 May 1948
- Submarine Gür was commissioned into service. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
26 May 1948
Germany
- Theodor Morell passed away in a hospital in Tegernsee, Bavaria, West Germany. ww2dbase [Theodor Morell | Tegernsee | CPC]
28 May 1948
- Submarine Chub was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [Chub | CPC]
- Submarine Brill, now Turkish submarine Inönü, was struck from the US naval register. ww2dbase [Brill | CPC]
30 May 1948
Photo(s) dated 30 May 1948
31 May 1948
China
- He Yingqin was transferred from the Office of the President of the Republic of China to the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
1 Jun 1948
- Littorio was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Littorio | CPC]
3 Jun 1948
China
- He Yingqin was named the Minister of Defense. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
Newfoundland
- Newfoundland held a referendum to determine its future as an independent dominion, as a British colony, or as a part of Canada; the results were inconclusive. ww2dbase [CPC]
4 Jun 1948
South Africa
- Jan Smuts stepped down as the Prime Minister of South Africa. ww2dbase [Jan Smuts | CPC]
5 Jun 1948
Photo(s) dated 5 Jun 1948
8 Jun 1948
Germany
- General Lucious Clay, US military governor of Germany, reduced Josias' life imprisonment term to 12 years. ww2dbase [Josias | CPC]
- Ilse Koch's life sentence was reduced to four years. ww2dbase [Ilse Koch | CPC]
11 Jun 1948
United States
- P-80C jet fighters were redesignated F-80C fighters in the United States Air Force. ww2dbase [P-80 Shooting Star | CPC]
12 Jun 1948
China
- Xiao Yisu was named Deputy Minister of Defense. ww2dbase [Xiao Yisu | CPC]
United Kingdom
- Sybil Kathigasu passed away in the United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Sybil Kathigasu | CPC]
16 Jun 1948
Kazakhstan
- Bauyrzhan Momyshuly was appointed by the Council of Minister of Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic as the chief of the Voluntary Society for Cooperation with the Armed Forces. ww2dbase [Bauyrzhan Momyshuly | Almaty | CPC]
17 Jun 1948
- The trial by the Supreme National Tribunal against Josef Bühler began in Kraków, Poland. ww2dbase [Josef Bühler | CPC]
18 Jun 1948
China
- Chen Lifu became the deputy head of the Legislative Yuan. ww2dbase [Chen Lifu | CPC]
21 Jun 1948
India
- Chakravarti Rajagopalachari was made the Viceroy and Governor-General of India, succeeding the Viscount Mountbatten of Burma, Louis Mountbatten. Rajagopalachari was the last person to told this title. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | CPC]
22 Jun 1948
China
- Sun Du became the chairman of Rehe Province, China. ww2dbase [Sun Du | Rehe | CPC]
23 Jun 1948
Photo(s) dated 23 Jun 1948
24 Jun 1948
Germany
- In Germany, the Berlin Blockade began. ww2dbase [Berlin | CPC]
Russia
- Kliment Voroshilov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the sixth time. ww2dbase [Kliment Voroshilov | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 24 Jun 1948
25 Jun 1948
United States
- Joseph Rochefort requested the high school he dropped out of back in 1918 to grant him a diploma based on Rochefort's cryptanalysis and language work in the US Navy. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
28 Jun 1948
United States
- Joseph Rochefort was granted a diploma by the high school he dropped out of in 1918. ww2dbase [Joseph Rochefort | CPC]
29 Jun 1948
- Ira Eaker was given the rank of lieutenant general in the retired list of the newly established United States Air Force. ww2dbase [Ira Eaker | CPC]
United States
- George Brett was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general while on the retired list. ww2dbase [George Brett | CPC]
30 Jun 1948
United States
- Delos Emmons retired from military service. ww2dbase [Delos Emmons | CPC]
1 Jul 1948
- Wisconsin was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
- Avro York aircraft began participating in the Berlin Airlift. ww2dbase [York | AC]
Germany
- In Germany, the Berlin Air Lift began. ww2dbase [Berlin | CPC]
4 Jul 1948
Photo(s) dated 4 Jul 1948
5 Jul 1948
- The trial against Josef Bühler ended. ww2dbase [Josef Bühler | CPC]
- The National Health Service (NHS) was established in the United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
7 Jul 1948
United States
- Sable was sold to H. H. Buncher Company for scrapping. ww2dbase [Sable | DS]
10 Jul 1948
- Josef Bühler was found guilty of crimes against humanity by the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland and was sentenced to death. ww2dbase [Josef Bühler | CPC]
14 Jul 1948
- US General John Joseph Pershing died at the age of 88, honoured by most of the European nations as well as his own. His body rests at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States. ww2dbase [AC]
22 Jul 1948
Newfoundland
- A referendum in Newfoundland showed 52% of the population in favor of a union with Canada. ww2dbase [CPC]
25 Jul 1948
- Otto Skorzeny revealed to fellow prisoners that he was planning on escaping. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | CPC]
27 Jul 1948
- Sable was reported as "disposed of". ww2dbase [Sable | DS]
28 Jul 1948
- Otto Skorzeny escaped from captivity. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | CPC]
30 Jul 1948
- The upgraded M26 Pershing medium tanks were redesignated M26E2 Patton (later again redesignated M46). ww2dbase [M26 Pershing/M46 | CPC]
United Kingdom
- In Great Britain the Criminal Justice Act abolished Penal Servitude, Hard Labour, Prison Divisions and Whipping as a form of corporal punishment (except in the case of mutiny, incitement to mutiny or treason). ww2dbase [AC]
31 Jul 1948
- The battleship USS Nevada, having survived both sinking at Pearl Harbor and the Bikini Atoll atom bomb test, was finally destroyed as a target off US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Nevada | AC]
- German industrialist Alfried Krupp was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and the confiscation of his wealth. ww2dbase [Alfried Krupp | CPC]
1 Aug 1948
- Dong Zhao was relieved of his duty as the commander of the 1st Corps. ww2dbase [Dong Zhao | CPC]
6 Aug 1948
- Captain Wells Field was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | CPC]
8 Aug 1948
Russia
- First flight of the Ilyushin Il-28, the Soviet Union's first jet powered bomber. It would be in frontline service within two years. ww2dbase [AC]
9 Aug 1948
Japan
- The first American-authorized atomic bomb commemoration ceremony took place in Nagasaki, Japan. Colonel Victor Delnore, the commanding officer of the occupation government in the city, in a speech promised a partnership between Japan and the United States for rebuilding and for future peace. ww2dbase [Nagasaki | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 9 Aug 1948
11 Aug 1948
- Submarine Skipjack was sunk as a target off southern California, United States. ww2dbase [Skipjack | CPC]
United Kingdom
- HMS Valiant departed Devonport, England, United Kingdom for the Arnott Young ship breakers at Cairnryan, Scotland, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [Valiant | Devonport, England | CPC]
15 Aug 1948
Korea
- The Republic of Korea was declared in Seoul with Syngman Rhee as its first president. The new republic only had control over the southern half of Korea but claimed sovereignty over the entire peninsula. ww2dbase [Seoul | CPC]
17 Aug 1948
United States
- Chinese Ambassador to the United States V. K. "Wellington" Koo met with US Secretary of State George Marshall, urging him to accelerate the schedule for the delivery of military aid to Chinese Nationalists in the war against the Communists. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | Washington | CPC]
22 Aug 1948
Poland
- Josef Bühler was executed by hanging in Kraków, Poland at 1949 hours. ww2dbase [Josef Bühler | Kraków | CPC]
4 Sep 1948
Netherlands
- Queen Wilhelmina abdicated the throne of the Netherlands due to health issues. ww2dbase [Wilhelmina | CPC]
6 Sep 1948
United Kingdom
- A De Havilland DH 108 research aircraft exceeded Mach 1 in a dive to become the first supersonic British aircraft. ww2dbase [AC]
9 Sep 1948
Korea
- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was declared in Pyongyang with Kim Il-sung as its first president. The new communist state only had control over the northern half of Korea but claimed sovereignty over the entire peninsula. ww2dbase [Pyongyang, South Pyongan | CPC]
11 Sep 1948
United States
13 Sep 1948
- Submarine Skipjack was struck from the US Naval Register. ww2dbase [Skipjack | CPC]
17 Sep 1948
- Folke Bernadotte was killed by a radical Israeli gunman in Jerusalem of the newly-formed nation of Israel. ww2dbase [Folke Bernadotte | CPC]
South Africa
- Jan Smuts was named the Colonel-in-chief of the Regiment Westelike Provinsie of South Africa. ww2dbase [Jan Smuts | CPC]
18 Sep 1948
United States
21 Sep 1948
Photo(s) dated 21 Sep 1948
24 Sep 1948
- Mildred Gillars, known to the Americans as "Axis Sally", pled innocent to charges of treason. ww2dbase [CPC]
China
- Wei Lihuang met with Chiang Kaishek in Nanjing, China. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | Nanjing | CPC]
29 Sep 1948
United States
- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo received a cable from US President Harry Truman expressing US support for China, which had just suffered a major defeat at the hands of the communists during the Chinese Civil War. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | Washington | CPC]
2 Oct 1948
Photo(s) dated 2 Oct 1948
3 Oct 1948
China
- In Mukden (Shenyang), Liaoning Province, China, Wei Lihuang was dismissed in person by Chiang Kaishek. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | Mukden, Liaoning | CPC]
13 Oct 1948
Photo(s) dated 13 Oct 1948
15 Oct 1948
China
Japan
- Shigeru Yoshida became the 48th Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister of Japan. ww2dbase [Shigeru Yoshida | CPC]
16 Oct 1948
China
- Chinese communist forces captured Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China. ww2dbase [Jinzhou, Liaoning | CPC]
18 Oct 1948
Germany
- Walther von Brauchitsch passed away from bronchial pneumonia in the British Military Hospital in Hamburg, Germany. ww2dbase [Walther von Brauchitsch | Hamburg | CPC]
United States
- US Air Force cancelled orders for F-87A and RF-87A jet fighters. This would directly lead to Curtiss exiting the combat aircraft business. ww2dbase [CPC]
28 Oct 1948
- The High Command Trial (The United States of America vs. Wilhelm von Leeb, et al) ended in Nuremberg. 13 generals and 1 admiral of the German military were tried, many of them were found guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | CPC]
30 Oct 1948
China
- Wei Lihuang departed Mukden (Shenyang), Liaoning Province, China by aircraft from Dongta Airfield at about 1500 hours. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | Mukden, Liaoning | CPC]
31 Oct 1948
China
Photo(s) dated 31 Oct 1948
2 Nov 1948
China
- Chinese communist forces captured Shenyang, Liaoning Province, China. ww2dbase [Shenyang, Liaoning | CPC]
3 Nov 1948
Photo(s) dated 3 Nov 1948
9 Nov 1948
China
Photo(s) dated 9 Nov 1948
10 Nov 1948
China
- Du Yuming was assigned to the Xuzhou Anti-Communist Command based in Jiangsu Province, China. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | CPC]
11 Nov 1948
United States
- Vi Kyuin "Wellington" Koo met with US Secretary of State Robert Lovett, seeking direct military aid for the Chinese Nationalists in the Chinese Civil War. Lovett rejected Koo's request. ww2dbase [Wellington Koo | Washington | CPC]
12 Nov 1948
- Former Japanese Prime Minister Hideki Tojo was sentenced to death by hanging. ww2dbase [Hideki Tojo | CPC]
Japan
Photo(s) dated 12 Nov 1948
14 Nov 1948
United Kingdom
- Prince Charles (later Prince of Wales) was born at Buckingham Palace, London, England, United Kingdom. ww2dbase [London, England | AC]
15 Nov 1948
Canada
- French-Canadian politician Louis St. Laurent was sworn in as the new Prime Minister of Canada. ww2dbase [AC]
17 Nov 1948
- The nationalised British Steel Industry was established in the United Kingdom. ww2dbase [AC]
18 Nov 1948
Greece
- Alexandros Sakellariou stepped down as the Minister for Naval Affairs. ww2dbase [Alexandros Sakellariou | CPC]
Japan
- Iwane Matsui was sentenced to death by hanging. ww2dbase [Iwane Matsui | Tokyo | CPC]
19 Nov 1948
United States
Photo(s) dated 19 Nov 1948
26 Nov 1948
China
- Chiang Kaishek ordered Wei Lihuang's house arrest. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | CPC]
28 Nov 1948
- USS Gar arrived at Cleveland, Ohio, United States to serve as a training submarine for the 4th Naval District. ww2dbase [Gar | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 28 Nov 1948
1 Dec 1948
- Rear Admiral Walden Ainsworth was elevated to the rank of Vice-Admiral and placed on the United States Navy's retired list in what was known as a "Tombstone Promotion." He made his retirement home at Wonalancet, New Hampshire. ww2dbase [Walden Ainsworth | DS]
China
- Tang Enbo was made the commanding officer of the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison by Chiang Kaishek. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Tang Enbo | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 1 Dec 1948
4 Dec 1948
- USS Bergall began a tour of the Far East. ww2dbase [Bergall | CPC]
17 Dec 1948
Photo(s) dated 17 Dec 1948
21 Dec 1948
China
- He Yingqin stepped down from his position as the Minister of Defense. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
22 Dec 1948
China
- He Yingqin was detached from the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Chen Lifu stepped down as the deputy head of the Legislative Yuan and transferred to the Executive Yuan. ww2dbase [Chen Lifu | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 22 Dec 1948
23 Dec 1948
Japan
- Seven Japanese convicted of war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East were executed at Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Tokyo | CPC]
- Hideki Tojo was executed at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Hideki Tojo | Tokyo | CPC]
- Akira Muto was executed at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Akira Muto | Tokyo | CPC]
- Koki Hirota was executed at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Koki Hirota | Tokyo | CPC]
- Kenji Doihara was executed at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Kenji Doihara | Tokyo | CPC]
- Seishiro Itagaki was executed by hanging at Sugamo Prison, Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Seishiro Itagaki | Tokyo | CPC]
- Iwane Matsui was executed by hanging at the Sugamo Prison in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Iwane Matsui | Tokyo | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 23 Dec 1948
25 Dec 1948
China
- Du Yuming was named a war criminal by communist leader Mao Zedong. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | CPC]
Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
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