10 Sep 1945




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- USS Nicholas departed Tokyo Bay bound for Ishinomaki Bay, Japan. ww2dbase [Nicholas | Japan's Surrender | DS]
- The Allied re-occupation of Rabaul, New Britain officially began. ww2dbase [Rabaul, New Britain | CPC]
- Leaders of ethnic Mongolians met in Sonid, Suiyuan Province, in the Inner Mongolia region of China, and declared the People's Republic of South Mongolia. The newly declared government immediately sent a letter to Soviet Army Headquarters in Moscow, Russia, expressing wishes for Inner Mongolia to be merged with Outer Mongolia. ww2dbase [Sonid, Suiyuan | CPC]
- President Sukarno of Indonesia declared the end of Japanese authority in Indonesia, but Japanese officials stated that they would only turn over authority to the Allies and not the newly founded republic. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Otto Skorzeny was transferred from Wiesbaden, Germany to Nuremberg, Germany; he traveled by aircraft with other top former German leaders. ww2dbase [Otto Skorzeny | Wiesbaden, Hessen-Nassau | CPC]
- USS Manta arrived at Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Manta | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru departed Maizuru, Japan. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Maizuru, Kyoto | CPC]
- USS New Mexico departed Nakagusuku Bay, Okinawa, Japan with several hundred servicemen onboard for transport back to the United States. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Okinawa | CPC]
- British troops began advancing up the Malay peninsula toward Kuala Lumpur. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Japanese forces surrendered on the island of Labuan, British North Borneo. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Labuan | CPC]
- In Oslo, Norway, Vidkun Quisling was sentenced to death. ww2dbase [Vidkun Quisling | Oslo | TH]
- Sergei Kartashov reported to Victor Abakumov, giving recommendation on how SMERSH could control the proceedings at the Nuremberg Trials in Germany. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | CPC]
- Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Alameda bound for Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ww2dbase [Bogue | Alameda, California | DS]




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