August 26th, 1945 (SUNDAY)
UNITED KINGDOM: Sir Arthur Harris, the C-in-C of RAF Bomber Command announces his resignation. He will relinquish his command next month and retire from the RAF shortly afterwards.
BURMA: Japanese envoys, led by Lieutenant General NUMATA Takazo, Chief of Staff to Field Marshal Count TERAUCHI Hisaichi, Commander in Chief, Japanese Southern Army, arrives at an airfield outside Rangoon this morning to carry out surrender arrangements in southeast Asia.
HONG KONG: Instructions have been given to the Japanese garrison to surrender to British Rear Admiral Cecil H. J. Harcourt, Commander of the 11th Aircraft Carrier Squadron.
JAPAN: Japanese diplomats board the U.S. battleship USS Missouri (BB-63) to receive instructions on Japan's surrender.
The posts of Minister of Greater East Asia, Minister of Agriculture and Commerce and Minister of Munitions in the Cabinet of Prime Minister, Prince HIGASHIKUNI Naruhiko are abolished.
CANADA: HMC ML 121 paid off.