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9 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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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The strike report said, the official history said, Parson's log entry was, and the navigator's log was, the latter possibly an error transposing two digits.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
Fuel consumption calculations made en route indicated that Bockscar had insufficient fuel to reach Iwo Jima and would be forced to divert to Okinawa, which had become entirely Allied-occupied territory only six weeks earlier.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
The number two engine died from fuel starvation as he began the final approach.
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China-Burma-India Theater
THOR mission records show at least 29 Allied sorties (6 recorded unit missions) in the China-Burma-India Theater on 1945-08-09, flown by USAAF 14th Air Force, USAAF 7th 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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