Today in World War II History—June 12, 1940 & 1945: 80 Years Ago—June 12, 1945: US Marines make push for final pocket of Japanese forces on Okinawa; hundreds of Japanese Marines commit suicide.
Sarah Sundin's blog.
On Okinawa, US troops took the Yaeju Dake escarpment.
Allied forces occupied Trieste.
Dwight D. Eisenhower received the Freedom of the City of London and the Order of Merit. In receiving them, he stated:
Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.
The Visayan Islands, including Samar, Negros, Panay, Leyte, Cebu, and Bohol, between Luzon and Mindanao, were secured by American forces.
Penn Station, June 12, 1945.
Niecey Brown, a 74-year-old Black woman, died from injuries after an off-duty white police officer forcibly entered her house and beat her with a bottle in Selma, Alabama.
Last edition:
Monday, June 11, 1945. King gets another term. . . but it's a minority government.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, Canada, China, Conscientious Objectors, Court, Imperial Japanese Army, Marine co, Okinawa, William Lyon Mackenzie King, World War Two
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