27 Aug 1946
- The trial against Amon Göth at the Supreme National Tribunal of Poland began. ww2dbase [Amon Göth | CPC]
- Louis Mountbatten was made Viscount Mountbatten of Burma. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | CPC]
- In Nanjing, China, Takashi Sakai was found guilty of war crimes, by command responsibility, for the rape and extrajudicial killing of civilians and prisoners of war committed by his subordinates. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Takashi Sakai | Nanjing | CPC]
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