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5 August 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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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 10 Allied sorties (4 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-08-05, 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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Pacific Theater
THOR mission records show at least 1,085 Allied sorties (84 recorded unit missions) in the Pacific Theater on 1945-08-05, flown by USAAF 20th Air Force, USAAF 7th Air Force, USAAF 5th Air Force, USAAF 13th Air Force, RNZAF.
Source US Air Force THOR (opens external site)
THOR is a secondary compilation with known gaps, not a complete record.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
For the Hiroshima bombing as posted on 5 August 1945|alt=A typed page of instructions Hiroshima was the primary target of the first atomic bombing mission on 6 August, with Kokura and Nagasaki as alternative targets.
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