Japanese diplomat Sugiyama Akira was murdered by Imperial Chinese soldiers who dragged Akira from his carriage and hacked him to bits, then displayed his severed head at the railway station in Beijing.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
Tuesday, June 10, 2025
Sunday, June 10, 1945. Action in the Far East.
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.
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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
Sunday, June 8, 2025
Friday, June 8, 1900. Boxers attack the racetrack.
Boxers burned the grandstand of the horse racing track at the country club for western diplomats in Beijing. It unfortunately turned lethal when British horsemen at the track rode out to investigate and one drew a pistol and killed a Boxer, causing the Chinse government to surround the foreigners at the Peking Legation Quarter.
The War Department authorized the production of telescopic sights for rifles. The rifle at the time was the Krag–Jørgensen rifle, which had proven unsatisfactory in comparison to the M93 Mauser used by Spain in the Spanish American War.
The sight consists of a telescope which is attached by means of brackets to the left side of the rifle. The front bracket is secured to the lower band by two screws, and the ring through which the telescope passes has a horizontal motion to provide for drift and windage. A ball-and-socket joint in this ring allows the telescope to be moved in any direction … The rear bracket is screwed to the side plate of the receiver, and the ring which holds the telescope has a vertical movement for changes of elevation.
Telescopes of three different powers are submitted for trial, viz. 8 diameters, 12 diameters, and 20 diameters. The medium power (12 diameters) gave the best results.
The telescope is of practically universal focus; that is, it does not require readjustment for different marksmen or for different ranges. The eye can be placed close to the eyepiece or several inches away without any apparent difference in the focus. Danger of being struck in the eye when the piece recoils can therefore be avoided.
The lenses are large and are held in place by having the metal of the tubes in which they are mounted spun over their outer edges. The telescope is light, but at the same time strong. The brackets for attaching the telescope to the rifle are strong and durable and there appears to be no tendency to jar loose.
The sight was tested by actual firings up to a range of 2,000 yards, each member of the board participating in the firings. As a result of this test, the board is of the opinion that the use of this telescopic sight appears to be of especial value in hazy or foggy weather and at long ranges. In either case the target can be seen with remarkable clearness, and the marksman can be absolutely sure that he is aiming at the proper object. This would be of especial importance to sharpshooters acting independently.
The ordinary sight is useful for accurate firing at a regular target up to about 2,000 yards; but it is impossible to see a man or even a small body of men clearly at that range unless projected against the sky or under other very favorable conditions. It is for this reason that volley firing is so largely resorted to at long ranges.
With a telescopic sight a man could be distinguished easily at 2,000 yards, even with an unfavorable background.
The board is of the opinion that this sight is suitable for use in the U.S. service, and recommends a number of them be purchased for trial by troops in the field. If found to be satisfactory, a sufficient number should be purchased to supply such a number of the sharpshooters of each organization as experience in the field shall indicate to be desirable.
Only seven scoped Krags were produced. Work was already commencing on a replacement for the Krag which would soon produce the M1903 Springfield, a rifle much more suitable for a scope, but which was not equipped with one for sniping purposes until World War One.
Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, June 8, 1900.
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Thursday, June 7, 1900. Carrie Nation's first act.
Saturday, June 7, 2025
Thursday, June 7, 1945. Returning monarchs.
Today in World War II History—June 7, 1940 & 1945: 80 Years Ago—June 7, 1945: King Haakon VII of Norway and his family return to Oslo on their fifth anniversary of leaving Norway. US Marines cut off Oroku Peninsula on Okinawa. King George VI & Queen Elizabeth visit Guernsey and Jersey in recently liberated Channel Islands. In Honolulu, Hawaii, the USO opens the Rainbow Club, for all races, with staff of all races.
From Sarah Sundin's blog.
The Battle of West Hunan concluded in a Chinese victory.
The 1st Corps took Bambang on Luzon.
"Men of Co. B., 165th Inf. Regt., 27th Inf. Div, burn out the scaffolding to the entrance of a cave with a flamethrower. The cave is located in the center of Kin, Okinawa, where they are searching for stolen American supplies. 7 June, 1945."
Yontan airfield, June 7, 1945.
All German citizens in the zone occupied by the western Allies are order to watch films of Belsen and Buchenwald.
Joseph Stalin instructed the Soviet delegation at San Francisco to drop its request for a Big Five veto over discussion of international disputes in the United Nations.
Winston Churchill refused a demand from the House of Commons to reveal all that was discussed at the Yalta Conference.
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Wednesday, June 6, 1945. Hitler's body.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Tuesday, March 13, 1945. The road to Mandalay.
"These First U.S. Army infantrymen, known as "Grover's Ghosts", are a combat patrol of the 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. They captured the German town of Seilsdorf using Nazi weapons and equipment after their own ammunition ran out. Hermulheim, Germany. 13 March, 1945." 121st Infantry Regiment, 8th Infantry Division. Photographer: Pvt. H. Jaquith, 165th Signal Photo Co.
The Battle of Kiauneliškis ended in a Red Army victory with the destruction of the Lithuanian partisan bunkers.
The British Indian 62nd Bde took the last Japanese rail link to Mandalay.
"En route from Kunming, China, to Kai Yuan, China, in the Petrified Forest area. 13 March, 1945.
Entire convoy personnel of Maj. Gen. R. B. McClure, C.G. of C.G.C. and Gen. Ho Ying Chin, Supreme Commander of the Chinese Armies. Photographer: Pfc. E. J. Frayne, Jr."
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Monday, March 12, 1945. Santa Fe Riots.
Thursday, January 16, 2025
Tuesday, January 16, 1945. Der Führerbunker.
Hitler arrived in Berlin, where he would principally remain for the rest of the war.
The Red Army took Radom, Poland.
An Allied offensive to eliminate a German bridgehead over the Rhine north of Strasbourg was commenced.
"Pfc. Gerald A. Cohan, 9 Shaw Ave., Newark, N.J., mans a .30 caliber machine gun covering approaches to Salmchateau, as the 75th Division takes the town. 3rd Battalion, 289th Infantry Regiment, 75th Infantry Division. 16 January, 1945."
The Chinese took Namhkam in Burma.
The U-248 was sunk by US destroyers north of the Azores.
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Friday, December 15, 1944. Glenn Miller Lost.
The airplane carrying definitive band leader of the 1940s, Glen Miller, disappeared over a fog bound English Channel. Miller, age 40, was serving as the leader of the US Army Air Forces Orchestra.
Miller's influence on US military music would be profound.
The U.S. Seventh Army captured Riedseltz, Salmbach and Lauterbourg in France.
The RAF made a largescale daylight raid on the submarine pens at Ijmuiden.
The Sixth Army landed on Mindoro and faced very little ground resistance, but heavy air resistance. The US forces included a regiment of paratroopers.
Admiral William D. Leahy was promoted to five star rank, the first officer to be so promoted and the senior most officer in the Armed Forces.
The Chinese Army captured Bhamo, Burma.
Hollywood Canteen including the Andrews Sisters, Jack Benny, Eddie Cantor, Joan Crawford, Jimmy Dorsey and Roy Rogers was released.
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Thursday, December 14, 1944. The tragedy of Lupe Vélez.
Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Monday, December 4, 1944. The Dutch Famine.
"Sailors, aboard USS LST 392, discussing D-Day, when Ernie Pyle was their passenger and left his signature on their guns. Shown, left to right: SM3 Chas T. Repik, USNR; SC2c James F. Reardon, USNR; S1c Edward T. Wholley. (Bottom) BM2c Martin A. Reilly, USNR and RM2C Gint Middleton, USNR. Photograph released December 4, 1944."
The Germans cut Dutch bread rations to two pounds per week.
Martial law was declared in Greece.
" Troops of the 14th Chinese Division detruck at North Airstrip, Myyitkyina, Burma, and go into bivouac for night preparatory to boarding planes for China. 4 December, 1944."
Heilbroon was firebombed, resulting in the deaths of 7,147 people.
The Kishinami was sunk in the South China Sea by the USS Flasher.
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Sunday, December 3, 1944. Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά)
Labels: 1940s, 1944, Army, British Army, British Home Guard, Dekemvriana (Δεκεμβριανά), Germany, Greece, Greek Civil War, Red Army
Wednesday, October 23, 2024
Thursday, October 23, 1924. Beijing Coup.
General Feng Yuxiang carried out the Beijing Coup overthrowing President Cao Kun and installing Huang Fu as the new Chinese president.
Ontario's voters rejected a proposal to end prohibition.
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Wednesday, October 22, 1924. Toast.
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