29 Aug 1877
- Dudley Pound was born.
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29 Aug 1888
- Gunichi Mikawa was born.
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29 Aug 1914
- General Aleksandr Samsonov, the commander of the Russian 2nd Army, committed suicide following his army's defeat in battle.
29 Aug 1916
- The US Navy ordered the construction of what was to be submarine R-1.
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29 Aug 1935
- The pregnant Queen Astrid of Belgium was killed in a motoring accident in Switzerland.
- Mikuma was commissioned into service.
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29 Aug 1938
- Japanese troops captured Tianjia, Anhui, China.
» In-depth article - While Adolf Hitler toured the Westwall defenses in western Germany, German General Wilhelm Adam warned that Germany could not be able to defend against an invasion by France for more than three days should Germany deploy most of its forces for an invasion of Czechoslovakia. Adolf Hitler grew furious at Adam, who would retire from service at the end of the year.
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29 Aug 1939
- Operation Peking: Evacuation of the Polish destroyer squadron to the United Kingdom.
» In-depth article - Through the Swedish businessman Birger Dahlerus, Germany expressed that Germany only desired Danzig and a small section of the Polish Corridor, while a plebiscite should be held in the near future to determine the fate of the remainder of the Polish Corridor.
» In-depth article - Historical document written: No. 77: Speech by the Prime Minister in the House of Commons
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29 Aug 1940
- Berlin formally apologized to Ireland for bombing Wexford.
- The United Kingdom rejected Germany's proposal to use Red Cross ships to recover downed German airmen in the English Channel.
- The British Tizard Mission shared radar technology with the United States.
- Ribbentrop and Count Ciano met Romanian and Hungarian Ministers in Vienna, Austria.
» In-depth article - The French colonies of Equatorial Africa and the Cameroons declared support for Charles de Gaulle. Governor Georges Pierre Masson of Gabon, however, retracted the support after pressure from the French naval commander at Gabon, who sided with the Vichy government.
- Battle of Britain: Low clouds and rain in the morning prevented Germans from launching attacks on Britain; reconnaissance flights were mostly left alone by the British. At 1500 hours and 1915 hours, the Germans launched large groups of fighters in an attempt to draw out British fighters, which was initially successfully, but very quickly Air Vice Marshal Keith Park saw through the German attempt and recalled the fighters; only 9 fighters were lost on either side. On this day, RAF leadership decided to stop using Defiant turret fighters as daylight intercepters as they were no match for German fighters. Overnight, German bombers attacked Portsmouth, Tyneside, Hartlepool, Swansea, Manchester, and Liverpool; decoy fires were lit in the countryside to lure German bombing, which were partially successful.
» In-depth article - German submarine U-100 hit five ships in Allied convoy OA-204 150 miles northwest of Ireland. British ship Hartismere was damaged at 0023 hours; British ship Dalblair was sunk also at 0023 hours (4 killed, 37 survived); British ship Astra II was sunk at 0140 hours (5 killed, 20 survived); Swedish ship Alida Gorton was sunk at 0336 hours (11 killed, 13 survived; 20 survivors of Dalblair were also killed); and British ship Empire Moose was sunk at 0427 hours (all 36 survived).
» In-depth article - Rear Admiral John Downes relieved Rear Admiral William C. Watts as the Commandant of the US Navy Ninth Naval District and as the commanding officer of the US Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Illinois, United States.
- Heavy cruisers USS Wichita (with Rear Admiral Andrew C. Pickens on board) and USS Quincy arrived at Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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29 Aug 1941
- Soviet troops evacuated the Karelian Isthmus as Finnish forces retook Viipuri in northern Russia.
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29 Aug 1942
- The Red Cross announced that the Japanese refused to allow safe passage for ships bearing supplies for Allied prisoners of war.
- USS Hornet arrived in the South Pacific, replacing damaged USS Enterprise.
» In-depth article - Saufley was commissioned into service.
» In-depth article - USS Flying Fish successfully escaped Japanese destroyers that had detected her presence on the previous day in Caroline Islands area.
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29 Aug 1943
- The Danish Royal Family was "isolated for their protection" by the Germans as martial law was declared in Denmark.
- USS Hoe fired 4 torpedoes at a Japanese destroyer escort; all torpedoes missed.
» In-depth article - USS Tunny completed temporary repairs at sea in the Palau Islands and set sail for home.
» In-depth article - Submarine Guitarro was launched, sponsored by the wife of chief of the US Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, Ross T. McIntire.
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29 Aug 1944
- In northern France, British forces attacked Amiens, US forces captured Soissons, and Canadian troops captured Rouen.
- French troops captured Montélimar in southern France.
» In-depth article - Slovakians began rising up against Dr. Jozef Tiso's pro-German government.
- Soviet forces captured the Ploesti oilfields in Romania.
- 11 B-17 Flying Fortress bombers and 34 B-24 Liberator bombers attacked Helgoland, Germany, escorted by 169 P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fighters; 3 Liberator bombers were damaged.
» In-depth article - As of this date, at Auschwitz Concentration Camp, the number of prisoners in the Sonderkommando, the work group created by the Germans to operate the gas chambers and crematoria, was 874.
» In-depth article - 13 P-40 fighters of the 3rd Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing attacked Japanese shipping and dock facilities at Shayang, Hubei, China; en the return flight, 21 Japanese fighters intercepted the formation near Jiayu, Hubei, China; 1 Chinese fighter and 7 Japanese fighters were shot down in the engagement. On the same day, 13 Ki-84 fighters of Japanese 22nd Sentai and 16 Ki-43 fighters of Japanese 25th Sentai intercepted a formation of B-24 bombers escorted by P-40 and P-51 fighters of the US 14th Air Force near Yueyang, Hunan, China; 5 American fighters and 2 Japanese fighters were shot down in the engagement.
- Operation Goodwood IV: British carrier aircraft (26 Barracuda dive bombers, 2 Corsair fighters, 3 Hellcat fighters, 25 other fighters) from HMS Formidable and Indefatigable attacked German battleship Tirpitz, scoring several near misses.
» In-depth article - USS Cassin Young screened carriers of Task Group 38.3 as their aircraft struck Palau and Philippine Islands.
» In-depth article - USS Wake Island departed Norfolk, Virginia, United States for Quonset Point, Rhode Island, United States.
» In-depth article - Irako arrived at Takao (now Kaohsiung), Taiwan; later on the same day she moved to a mooring in the Zuoying District of Takao.
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» Tabular Record of Movement - USS Flying Fish arrived at Mios Woendi, Schouten Islands, Dutch East Indies for refueling.
» In-depth article - Photos dated 29 Aug 1944
29 Aug 1945
- Douglas MacArthur was ordered to exercise authority through the Japanese government, thus giving him authority over Emperoer Showa. In this capacity, he would oversee the drafting a new constitution, redistribution of land, disbanding monopolistic Zaibatsu firms, among other major initiatives.
» In-depth article - US troops made an administrative landing near Tokyo, Japan, starting the occupation.
» In-depth article - The Four Power Commission of Prosecutors in London, England, United Kingdom presented the first list of German war criminals to be tried at Nürnberg, Germany.
» In-depth article - A US B-29 bomber was shot down by the Soviets as it attempted to drop supplies to former POWs.
- The United States stopped drafting citizens for the military.
- Lieutenant Commander Carl Pfeifer became the commanding officer of USS Cassin Young.
» In-depth article - USS Charr departed Fremantle, Australia.
» In-depth article - USS Segundo halted Japanese submarine I-401 and escorted her to Sagami Wan, Japan.
» In-depth article - USS Finback departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for New London, Connecticut, United States.
» In-depth article - USS Missouri entered Tokyo Bay, Japan.
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29 Aug 1946
- Nevada was decommissioned from service.
» In-depth article - Pennsylvania was decommissioned from service.
» In-depth article - New York was decommissioned from service.
» In-depth article - Ralph Talbot was decommissioned from service.
» In-depth article - Mugford was decommissioned from service.
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29 Aug 1947
- Salt Lake City was decommissioned from service.
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29 Aug 1978
- Submarine Becuna was added to the US National Register of Historic Places list.
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29 Aug 2005
- In Korea, the Institute for Research in Collaborationist Activities published a list of 3,094 Koreans suspected of collaborating with the Japanese during the occupation. This list included former president Park Chung Hee, publisher and foudner of Korea University Kim Song Su, and publisher Bang Eung Mo.
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