US NAVY
PACIFIC—USN carrier‑based planes from fast carrier task
forces of the Third Fleet (Admiral William F. Halsey Jr.), pound Japanese
shipping, airfields and railroads in northern Honshu. Planes from British TF 37
participate as well. TF 38 planes sink submarine chaser Ch 42 and minesweeper
W.1 in Yamada Bay, 38°26'N, 141°30'E, auxiliary minesweeper No.2 Kongo Maru off
Onagawa, 38°30'N, 141°29'E; merchant cargo ship Masayoshi Maru and tanker No.3
Nanki Maru in Sakata harbor, 38°55'N, 139°49'E; merchant cargo ship No.14 Horai
Maru off east coast of Korea, 37°00'N,130°24'E; merchant cargo ship No.5
Nishiki Maru off Hachinohe harbor; and cargo ship Chichibu Maru in Keelung
harbor, Formosa, 42°20'N, 130°24'E. TF 37 or TF 38 planes sink auxiliary
submarine chaser No.6 Takunan Maru off Onagawa. TF 38 planes damage auxiliary
minelayer Koei Maru off Ominato, and merchant cargo ship Toyotama Maru off
Sakata, 38°15'N, 139°22'E.
USAAF B‑25s
(FEAF) on antishipping missions against Japanese warships and merchantmen
operating at or near Niigata, sink army cargo ship Ujina Maru, and merchant
cargo ships Manei Maru and No.7 Hosei Maru, and damage auxiliary patrol vessel
Pa No.84, army cargo ship Yorihime Maru, and merchant cargo ship No.7 Manei
Maru, and in Tsugaru Strait damage liaison vessel Aniwa Maru; in antishipping
sweeps off the Korean coast, planes sink cargo ships Taishun Maru and Awakawa
Maru off Chongjin, 41°26'N, 129°49'E, and merchant cargo vessels Taiko Maru,
Erimo Maru, and Kari Go in or off Najin harbor, army cargo ship Isshin Maru off
Ulsan, and in Tsushima Strait, sink merchant cargo ship Shofuko Maru, 34°43'N,
129°50'E, and damage Coast Defense Vessel No.194, Coast Defense Vessel No. 198
and army cargo ship Tairetsu Maru, 34°42'N, 130°13'E.
Thirty‑one
USAAF B‑29s (20th Air Force) mine Shimonoseki Straits and the waters off Hagi
and Yuyawan, Japan, and Wonsan, Korea. Mines sink merchant cargo ship Shinjo
Maru off Hime Jima, and damage Coast Defense Vessel No. 63 in Nanao Bay,
37°08'N, 136°50'E, and merchant cargo ships Harada Maru at 34°23'N,134°57'E,
Tsushima Maru (location unspecified) and 12 Nissho Maru, 1.6 kilometers off
Cape Echizen, and merchant tanker No.8 Kinyu Maru in Maizuru harbor.
Soviet
forces enter Korea. Russian planes sink Japanese Coast Defense Vessel No.82
north of Joshin, Korea, 41°21'N,131°12'E, and merchant vessels Kasado Maru and
No.2 Ryuho Maru off Kamchatka peninsula, in Sea of Okhotsk.
Submarine
Hawkbill (SS‑366) shells and destroys Japanese radio station on Djemadja Island
150 miles northeast of Singapore,
Navy
Petroleum Reserve 4 Expedition, formed around cargo ship Spica (AK‑16) and U.S.
freighters Jonathan Harrington and Enos A. Mills, reaches Point Barrow and
discharges some tonnage until ice and weather conditions force a halt in
operations (see 22, 24 and 25 August).
U.S.
freighter Jack Singer is torpedoed by Japanese plane off Naha, Okinawa. None of
the 29‑man Armed Guard are injured, and only one merchant seaman reports any
injuries suffered in the incident. The ship is later written off as a total
loss.
Japanese
fast transport T.21 sinks as the result of damage suffered the previous day off
Tsuwa Jima, 33°59'N,132°31'E.
US ARMY AIR FORCE
FOURTEENTH AF—Gen Stone assumes command of Fourteenth AF,
replacing Gen Chennault. 5 B‑25’s and 4 P‑51’s bomb bivouac S of Siangyin, hit
convoys S of Siangtan and in Siang‑Chiang Valley, pound storage area and AA
positions at Nanchang, and hit truck concentration N of Hengshan. More than 50
P‑47’s and P‑51’s attack rivercraft, railroad targets, troops, trucks, and
bridges at several points in S and E China.
FEAF—80 B‑24’s, 118 Medium Bombers, and 220‑plus P‑47’s and
P‑38’s pound Kumamoto area. 20‑plus B‑24’s bomb Oita area. 39 P‑51’s provide
cover over both targets. Nearly 40 B‑25’s attack destroyers, cargo ships, and small
vessels during shipping sweep between Kyushu and Korea. P‑47’s bomb Sasebo
Harbor. P‑51’s hit various targets of opportunity on Honshu and Kyushu and B‑25’s
bomb targets of opportunity in the N Ryukyus. B‑24’s bomb Shinchiku. P‑38’s hit
troop concentrations near Mount Pulog and ENE of Dupax.
TWENTIETH AF—70 B‑29’s bomb arsenal complex at Tokyo. VII
FC provides escort. During 10/11 Aug, 31 Very Heavy Bombers mine Shimonoseki
Strait, Nakaumi Lagoon, and waters at Sakai, Yonago and Wonsan.
US ARMY
JAPAN—Japanese Government offers to surrender “without
prejudice to the Emperor’s position.”
US MARINE CORPS
Japan sues for peace.
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