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6 May 1945
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.
6 of 9 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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S Philippines
In U.S. Eighth Army’s X Corps area, 3d Bn of 34th Inf, 24th Div, attacks bypassed enemy pocket in Guma area of Mindanao but gains no ground.
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Western Europe
12th Army Group: U.S. Ninth Army takes control of VII and VIII Corps from First Army at 1800. In XVI Corps area, 115th Inf (reinf) of 29th Div moves to Bremen area to relieve 378th Inf, 95th Div.
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The Prague Offensive, the last major battle of the Eastern Front, begins.
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Battle of the Atlantic
The last actions in American waters took place on 5-6 May 1945, which saw the sinking of the steamer and the destruction of and in separate incidents.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 33 Allied sorties (10 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-05-06, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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