Surrender of Japan
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13 April 1941
What happened on this day in the Second World War, from 1939 to 1945, with a source for every entry.
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Each day we list events from the Second World War that happened on that date, from 1939 to 1945. Every entry names its source and links to it, so you can read further. Entries are sourced and machine-screened before they go up, a subset is human-reviewed, and we add more over time.
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European Theater
THOR mission records show at least 24 Allied sorties (9 recorded unit missions) in the European Theater on 1941-04-13, flown by RAF. Targets included FRANCE, BULGARIA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Mediterranean Theater
THOR mission records show at least 60 Allied sorties (11 recorded unit missions) in the Mediterranean Theater on 1941-04-13, flown by RAF. Targets included GREECE, LIBYA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Surrender of Japan
On 5 April, the Soviet Union gave the required 12 months' notice that it would not renew the five-year Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact Soviet-Japanese Neutrality Pact, 13 April 1941.
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