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• Nationalist Chinese forces re-entered Beiping, China. ww2dbase [Beiping | AC]
• In violation of the Sino-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Alliance signed only one month prior, the Soviet Union invited Chinese Communist forces to take control of various parts of the Inner Mongolia region of China. ww2dbase [CPC]

• The second large pro-independence rally was held in the city of Surabaya in eastern Java, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
• Ethnic tensions between Indonesians and Chinese broke out in violence in Medan and Pematang Siantar in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. While ethnic Indonesians largely wanted independence from the Dutch, they feared that the ethnic Chinese would betray them by siding with the Dutch when the colonial administration would return. ww2dbase [Sumatra | CPC]

• In Laos, French Indochina, King Sisavang Vong of Luang Phrabang rejected the pro-independence measures announced by Prince Ratanavongsa Phetsarath two days prior. ww2dbase [Ratanavongsa Phetsarath | Luang Phrabang, Laos | CPC]

• Joseph Kramer, Camp Commandant at Belsen, and 44 other SS officers were put on trial at Lüneburg, Germany for mass murders at Belsen and Auschwitz. Kramer and 10 others were sentenced to hang, while others received prison sentences. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | AC]

• Shigeru Yoshida was named the Foreign Minister of Japan. ww2dbase [Shigeru Yoshida | CPC]
• The Makurazaki Typhoon hit Japan, killing more than 2,000 people and flooding large areas. Flood waters brought radiation-free topsoil and sand to the devastated cities destroyed by the American atom bomb attacks. ww2dbase [Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki | AC]

• US Army took control of the Japanese Army base in Busan (Pusan), Korea and soon renamed it Camp Hialeah. ww2dbase [Busan Base | Busan, Gyeongsangnam | CPC]

• USS Whale departed the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Whale | CPC]

• Former Thai Ambassador to the United States Seni Pramoj became the Prime Minister of Thailand, appointed by the pro-Allied Regent Pridi Phanomyong. ww2dbase [Bangkok | CPC]

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