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30 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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Japan
Occupation of Japan in force is begun by U.S. forces. 11th A/B Div is flown to Atsugi Airfield, and 4th Marines, 6th Mar Div, lands at Yokosuka Naval Base.
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Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
(ICRC), on 30 August 1945 from Hiroshima Wilfred Burchett was also one of the first Western journalists to visit Hiroshima after the bombing.
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