11 Sep 1945

- Operation Magic Carpet began to return US servicemen back to the United States. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Allied Control Council for Austria met at the Hotel Imperial in Vienna, Austria. ww2dbase [Vienna | CPC]
- A large pro-independence rally was held in the city of Surabaya in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- The Allied occupation administration in Tokyo, Japan announced 39 war criminals and ordered their arrests. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | Tokyo | CPC]
- The Allied South East Asia Command officially gave units of Malayan People's Anti-Japanese Army the permission to occupy territory in order to maintain peace in areas vacated by the Japanese. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Troops of Australian 9th Division entered Kuching, Sarawak and liberated the internment camp at Batu Lintang nearby. The division would also establish a military administration on this date. ww2dbase [Kuching | CPC]
- USS Hackleback arrived at San Francisco, California, United States. ww2dbase [Hackleback | San Francisco, California | CPC]
- Destroyer USS Shaw departed Philadelphia Navy Yard bound for the New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn, New York. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | Shaw | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | DS]


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