June 3rd, 1945 (SUNDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: As a precaution Coastal Command has been making anti-submarine patrols since hostilities have ceased. The last of these sorties by a Short Sunderland of No. 201 Squadron RAF flying from Lough Erne in Northern Ireland, is made tonight. (22)
CZECHOSLOVAKIA: The Czech army orders 5,000 ethnic German men in Zatec to assemble on the market square, from where they are marched 15 kilometres to Postoloprty to a hail of threats, beatings and gunfire.
"On Monday evening we were all forced to run around the square and sing Nazi songs or whatever passed as such," Peter Klepsch recalls. "All those who didn't run or sing right were flogged."
The next night he saw a group of men being led off for execution. It wasn't to be the last. He also repeatedly heard volleys of gunfire during the day. Hans-Ulrich Stoldt, Spiegel Online (4 September, 2009)(Peter Kilduff)
JAPAN: Ryukyu Islands:
- A reinforced regiment of the US 2d Marine Division lands on Iheya Shima.
- Kamikazes damage the cargo ship USS Allegany (AK-225) and a large infantry landing craft [LCI(L)].