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17 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.
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Mindanao
In U.S. Eighth Army’s X Corps area, 1st Bn, 19th Inf, 24th Div, starts NE to contact guerrilla forces; 2d Bn of 21st Inf, driving toward Tugbok, meets strong opposition, which arty and aircraft help to neutralize.
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Okinawa
In U.S. Tenth Army area, Gen Buckner takes control of all forces ashore and is responsible for defense and development of captured positions. Adm Hill replaces Adm Turner as Commander TF 51 and will control air defenses and naval forces.
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UK Parliament
Victory in Europe (House of Lords)
Official record of proceedings in the House of Lords, sitting of 1945-05-17: "Victory in Europe." Source: Hansard (Open Parliament Licence v3.0)
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 9 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-05-17, flown by USAAF 10th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force. Targets included BURMA, CHINA.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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