5 Nov 1945
- Lord Gort stepped down as the High Commissioner of the British Mandate of Palestine. ww2dbase [John Vereker | CPC]
- The first carrier landing by a jet aircraft took place on the flight deck of USS Wake Island, off San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Wake Island | CPC]
- Otto Wünsche was taken over by the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Otto Wünsche | CPC]
- Du Yuming requested Chiang Kaishek for permission to use force to take Huludao or Yingkou, Liaoning Province, China from communist forces. He would receive the permission and would launch the offensive within days. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | CPC]
- USS Saint Paul departed Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | Tokyo | CPC]
- Vsevolod Merkukov, Viktor Abakukov, and Sergei Kruglov concluded that of a list of 105 important German prisoners of war given to them three days prior, 85 of them could be placed on public trial for war crimes. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | CPC]
- Fleet escort ship F7 was transferred to the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [F7 | CPC]
- USS Cero arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States. ww2dbase [Cero | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
- Camp Concordia in Concordia, Kansas, United States ceased operations. ww2dbase [Camp Concordia | Concordia, Kansas | CPC]

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