Friday, May 16, 2025

Wednesday, May 16, 1945. The Haguro sunk, U-boats surrender.

Okinawa.

The Royal Navy sank the Haguro ending the Battle of Malacca Strait.  Admiral Kaju Saguira, age 49, was one of the casualties.

Fourteen U-boats surrendered to convoys in the Arctic.

The British liberated Alderney.

Heavy fighting occurred on Okinawa with the Japanese succeeding in knocking out some U.S. tanks.

Physicist Leo Szilard wrote a letter to J. Robert Oppenheimer trying to convince him that  atomic bombs shouldn't be used against Japan.

Last edition:

Tuesday, May 15, 1945. Germans fully surrendered, Chinese Army in retreat.

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