10 Jul 1945
Argentina
![Aerial view of Tombstone Ridge area, Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_okinawa35.jpg)
![USS Capitaine, 10 Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_capitaine2.jpg)
![Argentinean Navy personnel inspecting captured German submarine U-530, Mar del Plata, Argentina, mid-Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_u530_2.jpg)
![Planes from USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 Jul 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5c2843d7c0d4d.jpg)
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Argentina
- U-530 arrived at Mar del Plata, Argentina and surrendered to the Argentineans. ww2dbase [U-530 | Mar del Plata, Buenoes Aires | CPC]
- United Kingdom, United States, and the Soviet Union agreed to include France in the administration of Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Germany's Surrender | Berlin | TH]
- USS Archerfish departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, starting her seventh war patrol. ww2dbase [Archerfish | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- The US Army Air Forces launched the first of several 1,000-bomber raids against the Japanese home islands. Meanwhile, US Navy aircraft from Essex-class carriers USS Yorktown and USS Shangri-La launched air strikes on the Tokyo area. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Shangri-La | Tokyo | TH]
- USS Sea Robin sank Japanese cargo ship Sakishima Maru in the East China Sea, hitting her with all four torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | East China Sea | 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 | Leavenworth, Kansas | CPC]
![Aerial view of Tombstone Ridge area, Okinawa, Japan, 10 Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_battle_okinawa35.jpg)
![USS Capitaine, 10 Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_capitaine2.jpg)
![Argentinean Navy personnel inspecting captured German submarine U-530, Mar del Plata, Argentina, mid-Jul 1945](/images/imagemagick/tmb_ship_u530_2.jpg)
![Planes from USS Essex on a raid over Japan on 10 Jul 1945 with Mt Fuji in the background. Plane in foreground is a TBM Avenger and those beyond are SB2C Helldivers.](/images/imagemagick/tmb_5c2843d7c0d4d.jpg)
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