Today in World War II History—June 10, 1940 & 1945: 80 Years Ago—June 10, 1945: Australian troops land at Brunei on Japanese-occupied Borneo, an important port, and capture Labuan airfield.
Sarah Sundin's blog. It was, we'd note, a largescale operation.
The also landed at Labuan and Muara.
The Battle of Porten Plantation ended in a Japanese victory.
US and Philippine forces prevailed at Davao.
The USS William D. Porter was sunk off of Okinawa by kamikazes.
"A guncrew of the 383rd Inf. Regt. loads a shell into the new 57mm recoiless rifle to fire against Jap pillboxes and caves on Okinawa. 10 June, 1945. 383rd Infantry Regiment, 96th Infantry Division." This is the first photograph of a recoiless rifle being used in World War Two that I've seen. It's sometimes debated if they saw action in the war at all, but clearly they did.
The Chinese Army took Wenchow..
Japanese Prime Minister Suzuki is granted dictatorial powers by the Imperial Diet.
Last edition:
Saturday, June 9, 1945. Parade.
Labels: 1940s, 1945, Army, George S. Patton, Italy, Japan, Luzon, Okinawa, Philippines, United States Marine Corps, Weapons, World War Two, Yugoslavia
