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27 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.
5 of 6 sourced entries for this date, chosen by the editor.
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Mindanao
III U.S. Eighth Army’s X Corps area, Filipinos of guerrilla 118th Inf and elements of 167th Inf, 31st Div, establish bridgehead across the Pulangi near Sanipon.
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Ryukyu Is.
Japanese open two-day air strikes on shipping. In U.S. Tenth Army’s III Amphib Corps area on Okinawa, co of 2d Bn, 22d Marines, 6th Mar Div, crosses the Asato and advances through Rcn Co to deepen penetration into W part of Naha.
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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 1945-05-27, flown by USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 14th Air Force. Targets included 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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POA
Adm Halsey, Third Fleet commander, takes control of all naval forces attached to Fifth Fleet at midnight 27-28, and the figure “5” in TF designations is changed to “3.” TF 58 becomes TF 38 and Vice Adm. John S. McCain succeeds Vice Adm.
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