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August 4th, 1945 (SATURDAY)

SINGAPORE: Japanese guards execute seven captured American airmen.

JAPAN:  USAAF Far East Air Force B-25s based on Okinawa hit an industrial area near Takanabe, Kyushu bombing warehouses, factories, a railroad bridge, and marshalling yard. 

US aircraft drop leaflets warning of air attacks on 12 more cities.

BONIN ISLANDS: Iwo Jima: At night Japanese aircraft attempt to bomb the USAAF airfields on the island.

COMMONWEALTH OF THE PHILIPPINES: Manila: General Douglas MacArthur is to lead the invasion force being assembled for the final conquest of Japan. He is to add 500,000 Allied troops in the Ryuku Islands, which include Okinawa, to the 250,000 already under his command in the Philippines. In a statement today he said that from these resources "a mighty invasion force is being forged." The US plans to have 650,000 troops ready to invade Japan's southern island, Kyushu, by 1 November. A further million, including Australian, British and Canadian troops, would land on Japan's main island, Honshu, next March.

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES: Java: US bombers raid Japanese positions on Surabaya.

CANADA: Armed yachts HMCS Elk and Vison paid off Halifax, Nova Scotia.

U.S.A.: Destroyer USS James E Kyes launched.
Destroyer USS Henderson launched Seattle, Washington.

German PoW, Kurt Rossmeisl, escapes from Camp Butner, North Carolina. He surrenders in 1959.

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