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1 Jan 1946
United States
- Arthur Harrison Graubart of the US Navy was named the commanding officer of the captured German cruiser USS IX-300 (formerly Prinz Eugen).
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- Historical document written: Imperial Rescript Renouncing Divinity
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2 Jan 1946
Hawaii
- USS Manta departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for San Francisco, California, United States to prepare for inactivation.
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- USS Menhaden departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
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Japan
3 Jan 1946
- The British Reconnaissance Corps was disbanded at the Reconnaissance Training Centre, Catterick, North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom after a parade.
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5 Jan 1946
Japan
Russia
- The Soviets executed German Major General Heinrich Remlinger, the former military commandant of Pskov, Russia.
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7 Jan 1946
China
Taiwan
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8 Jan 1946
- Westcott was decommissioned from service.
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- British submarine HM Safari, reputedly the most successful Allied submarine of the Second World War, sank in the English Channel whilst under tow to the breakers.
United States
- USS Tirante arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States.
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- USS Menhaden arrived at San Francisco, California, United States.
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10 Jan 1946
China
- Chinese Nationalist troops captured Pingquan County, Hebei Province, China.
Russia
- Sergei Kruglov officially assumed the role as the head of Soviet NKVD.
12 Jan 1946
United States
- USS Marcus Island departed San Diego, California, United States for the Panama Canal Zone.
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13 Jan 1946
- USS IX-300 (former German cruiser Prinz Eugen) departed from Copenhagen, Denmark.
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14 Jan 1946
Australian New Guinea
16 Jan 1946
Australian New Guinea
17 Jan 1946
South Africa
- HMS Colossus was drydocked at the Selborne drydock at Simonstown, South Africa for repairs and refitting.
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18 Jan 1946
United States
19 Jan 1946
Japan
- General Douglas MacArthur established the International Military Tribunal for the Far East in Tokyo, Japan to try Japanese war criminals.
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Panama Canal Zone
22 Jan 1946
- The Supreme National Tribunal of Poland was established to preside over trials of German war criminals.
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23 Jan 1946
Austria
- Soviet SMERSH agents attempted to kidnap former German agent Richard Klaus (also known as Fritz Klatt and Max) in Austria, but the Soviets were thwarted by the Americans. The Soviets were interned overnight and were returned to the Soviet occupation zone on the following day.
Germany
- The hearing against Hans Fritzsche began in Nürnberg, Germany.
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Japan
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26 Jan 1946
Russia
- Severin Dobrovolsky, a former White Russian military officer who later became loyal to the Soviet Union and acted as a Soviet spy in Finland, was executed for counter-revolutionary activities.
United States
- USS Saint Paul arrived at Terminal Island Naval Shipyard near Los Angeles, California, United States for repairs.
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27 Jan 1946
United States
28 Jan 1946
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29 Jan 1946
- Harry Hopkins, one of Franklin Roosevelt's closest advisers and a key policy maker in creating the Lend-Lease Act, died of stomach cancer in New York, United States.
United States
- USS Segundo entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul.
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30 Jan 1946
Byelorussia
- Johann Georg Richert was found guilty and was executed in Minsk, Byelorussia.
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31 Jan 1946
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1 Feb 1946
Germany
- Soviet prosecutors in Nürnberg, Germany brought out Friedrich Paulus and Erich Buschenhagen by surprise as witnesses in the war crimes trials.
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2 Feb 1946
Japan
United States
- USS Marcus Island arrived at Boston, Massachusetts, United States.
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3 Feb 1946
Latvia
- Friedrich Jeckeln was found guilty and was executed in Riga, Latvia.
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7 Feb 1946
Taiwan
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9 Feb 1946
Russia
- At the Bolshoi Theater in central Moscow, Russia, Joseph Stalin made a speech which effectively claimed that the Western Allies played little or no part in the Soviet victory over Germany in WW2.
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12 Feb 1946
- U-3514 became the last captured German submarine to be scuttled during Operation Deadlight at 1004 hours.
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United States
15 Feb 1946
British Western Pacific Territories
16 Feb 1946
- Drum was decommissioned from service.
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- Heavy cruiser USS Oregon City (CA-122) was commissioned with Captain Burtnett Kent Culver in command.
British Western Pacific Territories
18 Feb 1946
China
- Du Yuming was secretly flown to Beiping, China for treatment of his kidney ailments.
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19 Feb 1946
British Western Pacific Territories
Panama Canal Zone
United Kingdom
- Alan Turing presented a paper that revealed his design of a stored-program computer, but he was scrutized by the British government as it contained too much secret technology developed during WW2.
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21 Feb 1946
- Submarine R-1 sank in 6.4 meters of water at Key West, Florida, United States.
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- In Nürnberg, Germany, Hans Fritzsche was shown a Soviet documentary about the destruction of Eastern European cities in the war and broke down.
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22 Feb 1946
- General Seishiro Itagaki formally surrendered the Japanese Seventh Area Army to Lieutenant General F. W. Messervy at a ceremony in Kuala Lumpur, Malaya.
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Hawaii
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23 Feb 1946
- Japanese General Yamashita executed by hanging at Los Banos Prison Camp near Manila.
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United States
- USS Gabilan was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States and was assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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25 Feb 1946
- Franz Halder was interrogated by US Army attorney Captain Sam Harris; during the interrogation, Halder revealed the plan and the history of the 1938 plot against Adolf Hitler (which was never launched).
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- The Red Army of the Soviet Union was officially renamed the Soviet Army.
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27 Feb 1946
Japan
United States
- USS Alabama departed San Pedro, California, United States for Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington, United States.
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28 Feb 1946
Philippines
- USS ABSD-1 prepared for inactivation while at Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands.
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United States
- Henry Arnold was removed from the active list of the US Army Air Force due to a heart arrhythmia.
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1 Mar 1946
- Wedderburn was decommissioned from service.
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- The Soviet Council of Commissars approved the prmotion of Vasilii Stalin, the son of Joseph Stalin, to the rank of major general; Vyacheslav Molotov personally called Vasilii Stalin to share the news, but Vasilii Stalin was too drunk to understand.
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United States
- USS Mero arrived at San Francisco Bay, California, United States.
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2 Mar 1946
United States
- USS Seahorse was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, United States.
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- USS Spot completed her duty with anti-submarine warfare training units at San Diego, California, United States.
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5 Mar 1946
Japan
United States
- Winston Churchill gave the "Iron Curtain" speech at Fulton College (now Westminster College), Missouri, United States.
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6 Mar 1946
- Ho Chi Minh signed an agreement with France which recognized Vietnam as an autonomous state in the Indochinese Federation and the French Union.
- USS Pintado was decommissioned from service.
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7 Mar 1946
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11 Mar 1946
- Rudolf Höss, who had been living for the past year as a farmer under the pseudonym Franz Lang, was arrested by British troops.
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Australian New Guinea
Germany
- Soviet chief prosecutor Roman Rudenko sent a letter to US chief prosecutor Robert Jackson, asking the US prosecution team in Nürnberg, Germany not to bring up the topics of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, borders with Poland, and other sensitive issues.
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12 Mar 1946
- Ferenc Szálasi passed away.
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- Regarding the countless German civilian deaths as the result of Allied bombing, Wing Commander Millington, MP of Chelmsford, said at the House of Commons "We want - that is, the people who served in Bomber Command of the Royal Air Force and their next-of-kin - a categorical assurance that the work we did was militarily and strategically justified."
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Germany
- Herman Göring's attorney Dr. Otto Stahmer convinced the war crimes tribunal in Nürnberg, Germany to investigate further into the Soviet version of the description of the Katyn massacre.
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13 Mar 1946
- Submarine R-1 was sold to Macey O. Smith of Miami, Florida, United States for scrap.
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Australian New Guinea
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14 Mar 1946
- Werner von Blomberg passed away.
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- Prichett was decommissioned from service.
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- At the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Göring said that the Spanish Civil War was used by the Luftwaffe to test out newly designed equipment and to battle-harden its personnel.
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United States
- USS Mero arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States and was assigned to the 19th Fleet.
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15 Mar 1946
- The Greek Civil War began.
- Nikolai Voznesensky stepped down as the First Deputy Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union.
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- Georgy Malenkov stepped down as the deputy of the Soviet Council of Commissars.
Russia
- Joseph Stalin renamed all Soviet commissariats to ministries.
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16 Mar 1946
China
- Du Yuming underwent a surgery in Beiping, China, removing his left kidney.
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17 Mar 1946
Panama Canal Zone
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18 Mar 1946
Russia
- Georgy Malenkov and Lavrentiy Beria were made full members of the Soviet Politburo.
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19 Mar 1946
- Captain Frank Robinson Walker was named the commanding officer of USS Astoria.
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Russia
- The Soviet Council of Commissars was renamed the Council of Ministers. Joseph Stalin remained as the chairman of the council.
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- Lavrentiy Beria was named one of the deputies of the newly renamed Soviet Council of Ministers.
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- Sergei Kruglov was named the Minister of Internal Affairs (MVD) in the Soviet Council of Ministers.
- Vsevolod Merkulov was named the Minister of State Security (MGB) in the Soviet Council of Ministers.
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United States
- USS Puffer arrived at San Francisco, California, United States.
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20 Mar 1946
United States
- USS Hackleback was decommissioned from service at San Francisco, California, United States.
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22 Mar 1946
Taiwan
United States
- USS Missouri departed the United States with the remains of Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun.
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23 Mar 1946
- USS Sargent Bay arrived at Boston, Massachusetts for inactivation.
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- Mikhail Rodionov became the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR.
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Japan
United States
- Henry Arnold was promoted to the permanent rank of General of the Army.
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24 Mar 1946
Germany
- Soviet prosecutor Yurii Pokrovsky escorted Nikolai Zorya's body from Nürnberg, Germany to Leipzig, Germany; the documentation Pokrovsky carried noted that Zorya was a private rather than his actual rank of major general.
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25 Mar 1946
- Tranquility was decommissioned from service.
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- HMS Activity was sold to the civilian firm Glen Lines; she was to be renamed Breconshire.
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- USS Iowa returned to the United States from Japan.
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Germany
- Rudolf Hess' attorney Dr. Alfred Seidl brought evidence concerning the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact to the war crimes trial in Nürnberg, Germany. The evidence would not be allowed to be entered.
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26 Mar 1946
- US 83rd Infantry Division returned to the United States from Europe.
- Long Island was decommissioned from service.
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South Africa
- HMS Colossus completed her refitting and repairs at the Selborne drydock at Simonstown, South Africa.
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28 Mar 1946
- Commanding officer Captain Richard Oliver of USS Sargent Bay was relieved by Commander Milton Worley.
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Korea
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29 Mar 1946
- Submarine Marlin was sold to Boston Metal Company, Baltimore, Maryland, United States for scrap.
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30 Mar 1946
- Over 1,000 Germans were arrested by the Allied occupation administration for the attempt to re-organize the Nazi Party.
1 Apr 1946
- Portions of the Alaska-Canadian Highway physically located in Canada were turned over to the Canadian government.
- Commander Jack Seymour became the commanding officer of USS Charr.
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- Katsuragi was decommissioned from service.
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- I-58 was decommissioned from service.
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- The US Navy conducted a mass scuttling of captured enemy warships. Twenty-one surviving giant Japanese submarines (including the infamous I-58) were among the vessels destroyed.
India
- Roderick Carr was named the commanding officer of the Royal Indian Air Force.
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2 Apr 1946
- Pierre Charles Cournarie stepped down as the Governor-General of French West Africa.
4 Apr 1946
- SMERSH agents arrested former Soviet Aviation Industry Commissar Aleksei Shakhurin.
Hawaii
5 Apr 1946
- US 83rd Infantry Division was deactivated.
- USS Wake Island was decommissioned from service.
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- USS Missouri arrived at Istanbul, Turkey with the remains of Turkish Ambassador Mehmet Munir Ertegun.
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8 Apr 1946
- The League of Nations held its final meeting.
9 Apr 1946
Romania
- Ion Antonescu, Mihai Antonescu, and Kristia Pantasi were returned to Romania for trial.
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11 Apr 1946
- Joseph Stalin informed the Soviet Politburo explaining why former Soviet Aviation Industry Commissar Aleksei Shakhurin and his colleagues were arrested, centering largely on their responsibility for manufacturing faulty aircraft during WW2.
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15 Apr 1946
United States
- USS Sea Cat arrived at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul.
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16 Apr 1946
China
United States
- USS Dragonet was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, California, United States.
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17 Apr 1946
- Syria became independent from France.
- Escort carrier Wake Island was struck from the US Naval Register.
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19 Apr 1946
- USS Makin Island was decommissioned from service at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard in Washington, United States.
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- Escort carrier Wake Island was sold for scrap to the Boston Metals Company of Baltimore, Maryland, United States.
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23 Apr 1946
United States
24 Apr 1946
Russia
- Joseph Stalin met with Lavrentiy Beria, Andrei Zhdanov, Georgy Malenkov, Anastas Mikoyan, Viktor Abakumov, Vsevolod Merkulov, and Sergei Ogoltsov over the reorganization of the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB).
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25 Apr 1946
United States
- USS Barbero was decommissioned and placed in reserve while still in commission.
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26 Apr 1946
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28 Apr 1946
China
- Chinese Nationalist troops launched a new offensive in northeastern China against Chinese communist forces.
29 Apr 1946
Japan
- 28 former Japanese leaders were indicted as war criminals at Tokyo, Japan.
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30 Apr 1946
Japan
- James Lacey became the first Spitfire fighter pilot to fly over Japan.
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1 May 1946
- USS Rock was decommissioned from service and was placed into the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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Hawaii
- USS Brill began a period of repair at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii.
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Japan
- Prince Yasuhiko was interrogated at the office of the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers in Tokyo, Japan.
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4 May 1946
- Launched by Mrs. J. Hamilton Stubbs, HMCS Athabaskan was the last Tribal-class destroyer to be completed. Commissioned on 20 Jan 1948 her first commanding officer was Commander J. S. Davis RCN. Athabaskan saw considerable service in the Korean War and remained in Canadian service until Sep 1964, after which she was gradually run down and finally broken up in Italy in Jul 1969.
Japan
Russia
- N. A. Rozanov stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 2nd Byelorussian Front.
5 May 1946
- Dong Zhao was awarded the Order of Victory of Resistance against Aggression.
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6 May 1946
- Thorn was decommissioned from service.
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- Viktor Abakumov submitted the names of Sergei Ogoltsov, Nikolai Selivanovsky, Afanasii Blinov, Nikolai Kovalchuk, and Mikhail Svinelupov as candidates to be his deputies at the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB).
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Japan
7 May 1946
Russia
- Vsevolod Merkulov was dismissed as the head of the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB) by the Soviet Politburo.
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- Soviet Politburo named Viktor Abakumov the head of the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB).
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United States
- Commander Warren Ronald Thompson was named the commanding officer of USS Ticonderoga.
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10 May 1946
- USS IX-300 (former German cruiser Prinz Eugen) departed for Honolulu, Hawaii.
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- George Brett retired from the US Army at the rank of major general.
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- The Soviet counterintelligence agency SMERSH merged with the MGB; Viktor Abakumov was made the head of this larger organization.
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United States
- USS Segundo completed her overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
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11 May 1946
United States
- USS Pompon was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States and placed in the New London Group of the US Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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13 May 1946
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14 May 1946
United States
- USS Baya was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
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15 May 1946
Dutch East Indies
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16 May 1946
Dutch East Indies
18 May 1946
United States
- USS Gunnel was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States.
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19 May 1946
China
- Chinese Nationalist troops captured Siping, Liaobei Province, China.
21 May 1946
- Canadian Manhattan Project Louis Slotin accidentally set of a prompt critical reaction when he allowed two beryllium hemispheres to touch with a plutonium core in the center. He realized his mistake immediately and lifted the upper hemisphere with his left hand, averting disaster, but not before he received 2,100 rems of radiation. He was rushed to the hospital. The plutonium core involved in this accident was the same one in the accident with physicist Harry Daghlian in 1945.
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- Charles J. Badger was decommissioned from service.
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- LST-1 was decommissioned from service.
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Germany
- Rudolf Hess' attorney Dr. Alfred Seidl visited Soviet prosecutor office in Nürnberg, Germany and spoke with Major General of Justice Nikolai Zorya.
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22 May 1946
- The secret clauses of the Molotov-Robbentrop Pact was published by newspaper to Soviet dismay.
Dutch East Indies
Japan
- Shigeru Yoshida became the 45th Prime Minister and the Demobilization Minister of Japan.
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Russia
- G. S. Bolotin-Balyasny stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 3rd Byelorussian Front; Colonel Pyotr P. Timofeev stepped down from a similar positions in the 2nd Ukrainian Front.
23 May 1946
China
- Chinese Nationalist troops captured Changchun, Jilin Province, China.
Dutch East Indies
Germany
- Soviet Major General of Justice Nikolai Zorya was found killed in his hotel room with a gunshot wound to his head.
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24 May 1946
Dutch East Indies
25 May 1946
Dutch East Indies
27 May 1946
Russia
- I. P. Konovalov stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 4th Ukranian Front; A. P. Misyurev, V. P. Rogov, and I. T. Rusak stepped down from a similar position in the 1st Baltic Front, 3rd Byelorussian Front, and Karelian Front, respectively.
30 May 1946
- Canadian Manhattan Project Louis Slotin, after receiving a fatal dose of radiation during an accident on 21 May, passed away in a hospital.
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31 May 1946
- Piranha was decommissioned from service.
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- Irwin was decommissioned from service.
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- Chen Cheng was relieved from his position as the head of the political bureau of the Nationalist military, and was named the Commander-in-Chief of the Chinese Navy and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Philippines
- USS ABSD-1 was decommissioned from service at Leyte Gulf, Philippine Islands.
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United States
- USS Menhaden was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States. She was placed in the US Navy Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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1 Jun 1946
- Ion Antonescu passed away.
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- Cumberland was decommissioned from service.
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- During a Soviet High Military Council meeting Joseph Stalin accused Georgy Zhukov of plotting. Zhukov was in turn demoted to head the Odessa Military District.
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- Ivan Konev replaced Georgy Zhukov as the head of Soviet Ground Troops.
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2 Jun 1946
Philippines
- Captain C. S. Williams stepped down as the commanding officer of USS ABSD-1.
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3 Jun 1946
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4 Jun 1946
Russia
- S. F. Kozhevnikov stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the Leningrad Front.
5 Jun 1946
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8 Jun 1946
United States
- USS Cero was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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9 Jun 1946
- Joseph Stalin issued a secret order to denounce Georgy Zhukov.
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10 Jun 1946
- Casablanca was decommissioned from service.
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- USS Manta was decommissioned from service and was placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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- The US III Amphibious Corps (IIIAC) was redesignated as Marine Forces, China, and greatly down-sized.
12 Jun 1946
United States
- USS Bluefish arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States.
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15 Jun 1946
- USS Croaker was decommissioned from service and was placed into the US Navy Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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Japan
United States
- USS Mero was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States and was assigned to the Pacific Reserve Fleet.
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17 Jun 1946
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19 Jun 1946
United States
- USS Spot was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, Vallejo, California, United States.
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24 Jun 1946
United States
- Joseph Rochefort, not getting the sea command that he wanted, requested retirement.
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27 Jun 1946
United States
- USS Trepang was decommissioned from service and entered the reserves at the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, United States.
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28 Jun 1946
- USS Puffer was decommissioned from service, but would be periodically used to train personnel of the US Navy Reserve.
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Germany
- Hans Fritzsche denied all accusations against him while in court in Nürnberg, Germany. When Roman Rudenko reminded him that he had previously signed a confession, Fritzsche told the court that he had been forced to sign it.
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United States
- Charles Sweeney, the pilot of Bockscar that dropped the atomic bomb on Nagasaki, retired from the United States Army.
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30 Jun 1946
United States
1 Jul 1946
- Operation Crossroads: The United States conducted test 'Able' in the Bikini Islands, which saw an atomic detonation in the air.
- USS IX-300 (former German cruiser Prinz Eugen) was a target ship during the Able atomic test of Operation Crossroads, sustaining light damage.
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- Steamer Bay was decommissioned from service.
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China
Germany
- Prosecutors of Allied nations cross-examined witnesses in Nürnberg, Germany regarding the Katyn massacre.
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2 Jul 1946
French Indochina
- Émile Bertin was relieved of her duty as the French flagship at Indochina.
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Germany
- Prosecutors of Allied nations cross-examined witnesses in Nürnberg, Germany regarding the Katyn massacre.
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4 Jul 1946
- The Philippine Islands were granted independence by the United States, forming the Republic of the Philippines.
5 Jul 1946
- USS Copahee was decommissioned from service at Tacoma, Washington, United States.
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Japan
6 Jul 1946
- USS Tirante was decommissioned from service for the first time.
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7 Jul 1946
- The trial against Arthur Greiser at the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland ended.
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9 Jul 1946
United States
- Joseph Rochefort's request for retirement was approved by the US Navy.
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11 Jul 1946
- Escort carrier Makin Island was stricken from the US Naval Register.
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12 Jul 1946
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21 Jul 1946
- Douglas Bader retired from the British Royal Air Force at the rank of group captain.
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22 Jul 1946
- Zionist terrorist Menachem Begin blew up the British headquarters in Palestine.
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23 Jul 1946
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25 Jul 1946
- Operation Crossroads: The United States conducted test 'Baker' in the Bikini Islands, which saw an atomic detonation under the sea.
- USS IX-300 (former German cruiser Prinz Eugen) was a target ship during the Baker atomic test of Operation Crossroads, sustaining damage below the waterline.
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- USS Skipjack was sunk during the atomic bomb blast at Bikini Atoll in Operation Crossroads.
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26 Jul 1946
United States
- USS Sea Cat completed her overhaul work at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
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29 Jul 1946
- Chinese communist forces attacked an US Marines truck convoy.
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1 Aug 1946
- US President Harry Truman signed the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, placing nuclear weapon development in the United States in civilian hands.
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United States
- USS Saint Paul arrived at Terminal Island Naval Shipyard near Los Angeles, California, United States for a scheduled overhaul.
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2 Aug 1946
- General Andrey Vlasov was executed by the Soviets for treason.
- Nikolaus von Falkenhorst was sentenced to death; the sentence would later be commuted to an imprisonment term.
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- Historical document written: Letter from Truman to Forrestal Regarding Fleet Admiral Rank
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6 Aug 1946
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7 Aug 1946
- HMCS Nootka (R96) was commissioned with Commander H. S. Rayner in command.
- USS Cabrilla was decommissioned from service.
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United States
- USS Hoe was decommissioned from service at New London, Connecticut, United States and was placed in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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8 Aug 1946
- The Convair B-36 Peacemaker long-range strategic bomber took flight for the first time. It was the largest aircraft ever to go into service with the USAF.
12 Aug 1946
- Harry Truman declared the second Monday of August the Victory Day holiday; today only US state of RI still celebrates it.
- USS Sea Cat began a simulated war patrol across the Pacific Ocean from United States to China.
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China
- He Yingqin was made a member of the committee overseeing the care of Sun Yatsen's tomb in Nanjing, China.
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16 Aug 1946
Japan
Photo(s) dated 16 Aug 1946
17 Aug 1946
- Darlowo, Poland (formerly Rügenwalde, Germany) began a second round of deportation of its German citizens. By 1949 only about 70 ethnic Germans would remain in the town.
20 Aug 1946
- Joseph Stalin explained that Vsevolod Merkulov's dismissal in May 1946 was due to his dishonesty during the war.
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Ceylon
- Rohan Amerasekera became the assistant aerodrome officer at the Ratmalana Airport in Ceylon.
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22 Aug 1946
United States
- Submarine R-5 was sold to the firm John J. Duane of Quincy, Massachusetts, United States for scrap.
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25 Aug 1946
- The fleet tug HMS Buccaneer was sunk by accident during a gunnery practice
27 Aug 1946
- The trial against Amon Göth at the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland began.
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5 Sep 1946
- The trial against Amon Göth at the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland ended.
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6 Sep 1946
- Arthur Coningham was awarded Grand Cross of the Order of the Phoenix of Greece.
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7 Sep 1946
Russia
- Lieutenant General Pyotr Fedotov was made a deputy in the Soviet Ministry for State Security (MGB) under Viktor Abakumov.
16 Sep 1946
Photo(s) dated 16 Sep 1946
20 Sep 1946
United States
- USS Hawkbill was decommissioned from US service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States.
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27 Sep 1946
United Kingdom
- The first of the two-seat Hurricane trainer aircraft to be transferred from Britain to Iran departed Langley Airfield in Berkshire, England, United Kingdom.
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30 Sep 1946
Photo(s) dated 30 Sep 1946
1 Oct 1946
Germany
- At the end of the major war crimes trial in Nürnberg, Germany, 12 were given death sentences, 4 were given prison sentences, and 3 were acquitted.
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4 Oct 1946
United States
- USS Charr departed San Francisco, California, United States for a simulated war patrol.
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5 Oct 1946
Russia
- Hungarian Count István Bethlen passed away in the Butyrka Prison Hospital in Moscow, Russia.
12 Oct 1946
United States
- Joseph Stilwell passed away from stomach cancer at the Presidio of San Francisco military base in San Francisco, California, United States.
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15 Oct 1946
- Two hours before his scheduled execution, Hermann Göring committed suicide.
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17 Oct 1946
Photo(s) dated 17 Oct 1946
18 Oct 1946
China
- He Yingqin was ordered by Chiang Kaishek to travel to the United States as a member of the Chinese delegation to the United Nations.
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21 Oct 1946
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22 Oct 1946
- Commander Glover Freguson was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul.
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Photo(s) dated 22 Oct 1946
23 Oct 1946
Korea
- The US Army military government in Korea issued the Name Restoration Order, which provided means for Koreans to change their surnames back to their Korean surnames if they or their families had adopted Japanese surnames during the Japanese occupation.
25 Oct 1946
Photo(s) dated 25 Oct 1946
2 Nov 1946
- Captain Burton Biggs was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul.
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3 Nov 1946
- Yoshio Nishina was awarded the Order of Culture by Emperor Showa.
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Photo(s) dated 3 Nov 1946
4 Nov 1946
United States
- Lieutenant Commander William J. Pendola was named the commanding officer of USS Ticonderoga.
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11 Nov 1946
- The United States removed all war time price controls.
13 Nov 1946
Russia
- German prisoners of war Georg Jantschi and Karl Kosch were transferred from the special Prisoner of War Camp No. 27 in the suburbs of Moscow, Russia to the Lefortovo Prison in Moscow.
25 Nov 1946
China
- The city government of Beiping, China renamed a road in honor of Zhao Dengyu.
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2 Dec 1946
United States
- USS Wisconsin arrived at Hampton Roads, Virginia, United States.
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9 Dec 1946
- The Doctors' Trial began in Nuremberg before an United States military court against 20 doctors and 3 Nazi officials who were accused of involvement in human experimentation. Trial ended on 20 Aug 1947; 7 were acquitted, 7 were given death sentences, and 9 were given prison sentences.
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10 Dec 1946
- USS Sennet began her participation in the Operation Highjump Antarctic expedition.
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11 Dec 1946
United States
- USS Parche was decommissioned from service at Mare Island Naval Shipyard at Vallejo, California, United States.
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12 Dec 1946
United States
- USS Marcus Island was decommissioned from service at Boston, Massachusetts, United States and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet.
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13 Dec 1946
- A star shell accidentally struck USS Missouri during an exercise in the North Atlantic, causing no damage nor injuries.
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20 Dec 1946
Japan
- Radical ethnic Koreans attacked Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan; Yoshida escaped harm.
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Photo(s) dated 20 Dec 1946
24 Dec 1946
France
- The French Fourth Republic was found.
Russia
- Polish Brigadier General Leopold Okulick, the former commander-in-chief of the Polish Home Army, died in Butyrka Prison Hospital in Moscow, Russia.
25 Dec 1946
Photo(s) dated 25 Dec 1946
27 Dec 1946
United States
- Commander Warren Ronald Thompson was named the commanding officer of USS Ticonderoga.
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31 Dec 1946
- US President Harry Truman officially proclaimed the end of hostilities in WW2.
- Franz von Epp passed away.
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Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis
