July 21st, 1945 (SATURDAY)
GERMANY: Potsdam: Truman and Churchill agree to drop the atomic bomb on Japan if it fails to surrender unconditionally.
The Allies select Nürnberg as the venue for the trial of the main Nazi war criminals.
U.S.S.R.: Soviet submarine SC-411 commissioned.
Okinawa: The first of the new M26 Pershing tanks arrive. (Keith Allen)(150)