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• U-530 arrived at Mar del Plata, Argentina and surrendered to the Argentineans. ww2dbase [U-530 | CPC]
• The Americans launched the first of several 1,000-bomber raids against the Japanese home islands. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | TH]

• United Kingdom, United States, and the Soviet Union agreed to include France in the administration of Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Germany's Surrender | TH]

• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) arrived off the coast of Japan and launched air strikes on the Tokyo area. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Yorktown (Essex-class) | DS]

• USS Sea Robin sank Japanese cargo ship Sakishima Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with all four torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | CPC]

• USS Marcus Island departed the west coast of the United States for Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii with troops and aircraft on board. ww2dbase [Marcus Island | CPC]
• Walter Beyer, a German prisoner of war, was executed by hanging in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States for the murder of fellow prisoner (and a spy for the guards at Camp Tonkawa in Tonkawa, Oklahoma, United States) in Nov 1943. ww2dbase [Camp Tonkawa | CPC]

10 Jul 1945 Interactive Map