9 Jun 1945




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- Japanese Prime Minister Kantaro Suzuki announced publicly that Japan would fight on rather than accept unconditional surrender. ww2dbase [Kantaro Suzuki | TH]
- The British RAF unveiled the Vampire jet fighter design. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Tunny attacked a cargo vessel in the Sea of Japan; the torpedo hit but failed to explode. ww2dbase [Tunny | CPC]
- 277,380 Soviet and Bulgarian personnel were awarded the medal for the capture of Vienna, Ostmark, Germany (occupied Austria). ww2dbase [Battle of Vienna | CPC]
- Captain William Van Hamilton was named the commanding officer of USS Astoria. ww2dbase [Astoria (Cleveland-class) | CPC]
- USS Wisconsin was designated a training ship for a cruise to Britain, France, and Cuba. ww2dbase [Wisconsin | CPC]
- Japanese hospital ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Yulin, Hainan, China and departed on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Yulin, Hainan | CPC]
- Soviet SMERSH agents arrested Russian émigré and liberal political activist Prince Pyotr Dolgorukov in Prague, Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Prague | CPC]
- Soviet enlisted men were allowed to carry home from Germany whatever they could fit on their persons, the officers on bicycles or motorcycles, and the generals on automobiles. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: A reception was given by the station in honor of Rear Admiral Mason, Commander, Naval Air Bases, Fourteenth Naval District. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Air Group 87 aircraft from USS Ticonderoga struck Okinawa, Japan. ww2dbase [Ticonderoga | Okinawa | DS]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) launched raids on Minami Daito Shima, Ryukyu Islands. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Okinawa Campaign | Okinawa | DS]
- USS Segundo fired three torpedoes at a tug and her tow; all three missed. She then proceeded to sink them with her deck gun. Seeing that the targets fired back, Segundo's officers determined that the tug was likely a Q-ship. ww2dbase [Segundo | East China Sea | CPC]
- The GUKR SMERSH updated a list of Japanese intelligence personnel and Russian émigré living in northeastern China for arrests when Soviet troops invaded the region. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Kamikaze arrived at Singapore and disembarked the survivors of cruiser Ashigara. ww2dbase [Kamikaze | Singapore | CPC]
- George Patton and James Doolittle were honored at a parade in Los Angeles, California, United States. ww2dbase [George Patton | Los Angeles, California | CPC]
- USS Wasp (Essex-class) departed Puget Sound Naval Shipyard after repairs and an overhaul. ww2dbase [Puget Sound Navy Yard | Wasp (Essex-class) | Bremerton, Washington | DS]




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