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18 June 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
In Eighth Army’s X Corps area, organized resistance on Mindanao ends as 3d Bn of 163d Inf, 24th Div, reaches Calinan, 8 miles from Tugbok.
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Luzon
In U.S. Sixth Army’s I Corps area, elements of 148th Inf, 37th Div, continuing N on Highway 5 with armored column spearheading, take Ilagan airfield and cross Ilagan R.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 41 Allied sorties (12 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-06-18, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 5th 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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Okinawa
In U.S. Tenth Army area, Lt Gen Simon B. Buckner, Jr., is killed by enemy shell while visiting observation post of 8th Marines, 2d Mar Div. Gen Geiger, USMC, replaces him as commander of Tenth Army.
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