11 Jun 1945
- USS Crevalle sank Hakusan Maru. ww2dbase [Crevalle | CPC]
- USS Tirante attacked a Japanese freighter and claimed a kill; this sinking was not confirmed. ww2dbase [Tirante | CPC]
- Czechoslovakian police and civilians continued to drive ethnic Germans out of the Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [CPC]
- James Franck and other Metallurgical Laboratory scientists issued the Franck Report, arguing for a demonstration of an atomic bomb before using it against an enemy target. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | CPC]
- USS Segundo sank Fukui Maru with 3 of 7 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Segundo | CPC]
- USS Flying Fish sank a Japanese transport off the coast of Korea in the Sea of Japan, hitting her with 1 of 3 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Flying Fish | CPC]
- USS Bailey arrived at Brunei Bay, Borneo, refueled, and departed the same day escorting a convoy of Australian troop ships and tankers bound for Morotai, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 6 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- Submarines USS Silversides, USS Quillback, and USS Cabrilla arrived at Saipan in the Mariana Islands. ww2dbase [Silversides | Cabrilla | Quillback | Saipan | DS]
- USS Caiman sank two Japanese schooners by gunfire in the southern South China Sea. ww2dbase [Caiman | South China Sea | CPC]
- Submarine USS Bowfin, patrolling the east coast of the Korean peninsula, torpedoed and sank the 1,900-ton passenger-cargo ship No. 3 Shinto Maru off Wonsan Harbor. ww2dbase [Bowfin | Sea of Japan | DS]
- US aircraft attacked neutral Portuguese Macau. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Francis Gabreski married Kay Cochran in the United States. ww2dbase [Francis Gabreski | CPC]
11 Jun 1945 Interactive Map
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Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
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