23 May 1946
China
China
- Chinese Nationalist troops captured Changchun, Jilin Province, China. ww2dbase [Changchun, Jilin | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Samarinda, Borneo and departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Samarinda, Borneo | CPC]
- Soviet Major General of Justice Nikolai Zorya was found killed in his hotel room with a gunshot wound to his head. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]
- USS Tamalpais transited the Panama Canal bound for Mobile, Alabama, United States. ww2dbase [Panama Canal | Tamalpais | DS]
- USS DD-224 was decommissioned from service at Oakland, California, United States. ww2dbase [Stewart | Oakland, California | CPC]
23 May 1946 Interactive Map
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