"Joyous Second Division Marines, about to board ship for home after more than thirty months overseas, were not forgotten by the famed division mascot "Eight Ball", who was on hand to bid them a sorrowful goodbye. Saipan. 11 July, 1945. Photographer: Rohde. Photo Source: U.S. National Archives. Digitized by Signal Corps Archive."
The first meeting of the Inter-Allied Council for Berlin took place in which the USSR agreed to hand over civilian and military control of West Berlin to the UK and US.
The Japanese destroyer Sakura hit a mine and sank in Osaka Harbor.
The 8th Air Force began to redeploy from Europe to Okinawa, where they were to receive B-29s after initially having a training role. The redeployment of its aircraft to the continental US also began on this day.
The US used napalm on resistant Japanese targets on Luzon.
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Fadil Hoxha became President of the Assembly of Kosovo and Metohija.
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Friday, July 10, 1945. Sentimental Journey.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Augustów roundup, German Kriegsmarine, Men, Music, Poland, Polish anti-communist insurrection, The Cold War, The relationship between men and women, USSR, Women, World War Two
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