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Post by lordroel on Sept 1, 2024 16:35:32 GMT
Day 2181 of World War II, September 1st 1945 So we made it. I wonder what tomorrow's post will be. The final one, then extra month of September 1945 to finalize the surrenders that still need to happen.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 2, 2024 2:56:44 GMT
After 2182 the longest Real Time project has come to a end, thanks everybody for the likes.
From September 3rd to September September 30th, here on the Real time Discussion thread the renaming Month of September 1945 will be posted, this is because i want to stop posting in the World War II in real time thread as the war has officially ended and to give member a change to comment on events that still to happen.
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Post by stevep on Sept 2, 2024 10:00:37 GMT
After 2182 the longest Real Time project has come to a end, thanks everybody for the likes. From September 3rd to September September 30th, here on the Real time Discussion thread the renaming Month of September 1945 will be posted, this is because i want to stop posting in the World War II in real time thread as the war has officially ended and to give member a change to comment on events that still to happen.
Well its over and with both WW threads completed it seems strangely quiet. Many thanks for all the effort over the last few years.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 2, 2024 11:25:14 GMT
After 2182 the longest Real Time project has come to a end, thanks everybody for the likes. From September 3rd to September September 30th, here on the Real time Discussion thread the renaming Month of September 1945 will be posted, this is because i want to stop posting in the World War II in real time thread as the war has officially ended and to give member a change to comment on events that still to happen. Well its over and with both WW threads completed it seems strangely quiet. Many thanks for all the effort over the last few years.
Still have the Civil War and the Korean War for the next 2.5 years.
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 2, 2024 15:30:02 GMT
Day 2182 of World War II, September 2nd 1945 Don't forget that the Canadian representative accidentally signed on the wrong area. So it ends, but holdouts and post-WWII violence would continue to rack Asia in the immediate years such as in China, Korea, Indochina, and Indonesia. The defeated Japanese even won the Battle of Semarang in mid-October 1945 because they were only the presence that could maintain order before the Allies could relieve them. And in Vietnam, a coalition of French, British, and remnant Japanese fought the Viet Minh. Perhaps the only time Britain was involved in the entire the saga that would late become the Vietnam War.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 2, 2024 15:34:45 GMT
The defeated Japanese even won the Battle of Semarang in mid-September 1945 because they were only the presence that could maintain order before the Allies could relieve them. Yep working as part of the Japanese Surrendered Personnel designation.
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 2, 2024 15:44:44 GMT
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Post by lordroel on Sept 2, 2024 15:47:27 GMT
I always wonder, how large was the Japanese Army in the Philippines in the end, read some of them where out of radon contact with Tokyo, so they could have fought on as rough forces, until decimated by American/Philippine firepower.
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Post by gillan1220 on Sept 2, 2024 16:14:24 GMT
I always wonder, how large was the Japanese Army in the Philippines in the end, read some of them where out of radon contact with Tokyo, so they could have fought on as rough forces, until decimated by American/Philippine firepower. There were estimated to be around 50-60 hold outs perhaps? And yes, they were indeed outgunned. As the Cold War progressed, the AFP already had helicopters, fighter jets, and more advanced weapons like the M14 and the M16. Hiroo Onoda and his men probably faced police officers armed with Thompsons, Grease Guns, M1 Carbines, M14s, and M16s against their Arisaka bolt action rifles. Contrary to the myth that Onoda and his three companions were cut-off from the rest of the world, they weren't. They stole a radio and were given leaflets from PAF planes and choppers showing the current events of the time as well as well. They knew Japan held the 1964 Olympics which they mistakenly thought was a reward of the Empire's victory. They also mistakenly thuoght that the wars in Indochina, Korea, Vietnam, and Indonesia, as well as the Muslim and communist insurgencies in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Philippines were part of the Pan-Asian struggle to rid the continent of Westerners. They were aware that China fell to communism but also mistakenly thought that Mao allied with the Empire of Japan. To quote: ― Hiroo Onoda, No Surrender: My Thirty-Year WarHe also saw fighter jets, commercial jets, and helicopters above his hiding spot. Coincidentally, his cave was near a PAF-USAF installation called Gozar Air Station. Hiroo Onoda the last Imperial Japanese Soldier rides on Philippine Air Force Helicopter.Again this pic hits hard. WWII meets the Cold War.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 2, 2024 17:56:28 GMT
The last World War Two with Indy Neidell has been added to September 2nd 1945, also i post it here as well.
YouTube (The End of World War Two)
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Post by lordroel on Sept 3, 2024 2:43:46 GMT
September 3rd 1945Soviet UnionThe Red Army paper Red Star announces the creation officers' clubs, exclusively for the use of officers. Prior to this, Soviet officers and other ranks possessed common club facilities. United StatesPhoto: The U.S. Navy heavy cruiser USS Helena (CA-75) underway in Quincy Bay, Massachusetts (USA), on 3 September 1945, the day before she was placed in commissionPhoto: Crewmen on board the U.S. escort carrier USS Attu (CVE-102), her deck packed with Vought F4U Corsairs, observe personnel being transferred by high line to another ship, 3 September 1945PhilippinesJapanese forces commanded by Lieutenant General Yamashita surrender at Baguio, on Luzon. YouTube (Surrender in the Philippines of General Tomoyuki Yamashita | The "Tiger of Malaya" | September 1945)The surrender is accepted by US Lieutenant General Jonathan Wainwright, the American commander who was compelled to surrender to Yamashita at Corregidor in 1942. Wainwright was specially flown in from Tokyo for the ceremony. Photo: Surrender ceremony of the Japanese to American forces in the Philippines at what is now the residence of the US ambassador in Camp John Hay, Baguio City on 3 September 1945China A ragged Nationalist Chinese army finally marches into Shanghai to be met by cheering crowds. Although the first U.S. troops entered the city on 19 August, the formal surrender of Japanese troops in Shanghai has been delayed until Chinese government troops could be airlifted in by the Americans from deep inside government-held territory. In a speech in Chongqing, China, Chiang Kaishek called for economic reconstruction, constitutional democracy, and unification. Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong met with Nationalist representative (and future Minister of Foreign Affairs) Wang Shijie in Chongqing, China. SingaporeBritish Royal Marines go ashore at Pennang without incident after a local surrender agreement is signed on board the battleship HMS Nelson. Photo: A convoy of landing craft carrying Indian troops entering the bay at Singapore, 3 September 1945British MalayaLearning of the cooperative attitude of the Malayan Communist Party, Lord Mountbatten’s Chief Political Advisor urges the British Colonial Office to quickly publicize British plans for a Malayan Union. This would replace the diffuse pre-war organization of Malaya and offer citizenship to long-term inhabitants of the territory regardless of their ethnic background. A party of Royal Marine commandos landed at Weld Quay in George Town. After raising the Union Jack, the Royal Marines, led by a local band, marched to the Eastern & Oriental Hotel, where representatives of the Asian communities in Penang were waiting to formally hand back the city's administration to the British. The Royal Marine detachment then spread out across George Town, encountering no resistance. Subsequent Royal Marine landing parties then took over the important military facilities on Penang Island, including the Bayan Lepas Airport and a seaplane base at Gelugor. The British commandos also confiscated Japanese military vehicles and marched the Japanese prisoners of war through the streets of George Town; the captured Japanese soldiers then surrendered their firearms before boarding the ferries to mainland Malay Peninsula, which at that point was still under Japanese jurisdiction. By the end of the day, with the island's police force under British control, George Town became the first city in Malaya to be recaptured by the British. However, hunger riots broke out across Penang Island, as years of brutal Japanese occupation took their toll on the depleted food supplies. Photo: Royal Marine commandos on confiscated Japanese vehicles in George Town on 3 September 1945Photo: Lt. J. Blease, RN, of Johnshaven, Montrose, Scotland, inspects Japs at Penang seaplane base. He is escorted by surrender liaison officer Lt. Cdr. Nagaki, 3 September 1945ThailandThe first of the British occupation troops began to arrive in Bangkok, Thailand. French Indochina (Laos) A small French and Laotian military unit arrived in Vientiane, Laos. Bonin IslandsPhoto: Lieutenant General Yoshio Tachibana, Japanese Army, prepares to sign documents surrendering the Bonin Islands, 3 September 1945, off Chichi Jima, on board USS Dunlap (DD-384). A U.S. Army interpreter is assisting him.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 4, 2024 2:46:50 GMT
September 4th 1945Denmark The Danish Minister of Defense, Kraft, announces that an agreement has been reached with the British government for Danish citizens aged 18-32 to join the British Army on a volunteer basis, service being for 3 years. He also announces that in November 10,000 men would be called up for 6 months training in Denmark, after which they would be sent to Germany as a Danish division of the British occupation forces to take part in the occupation of the Reich. SpainThe Spanish government is informed that the Allies intend to reestablish the international zone of Tangier. Dominican RepublicThe Dominican Republic ratified the United Nations Charter. Chinese Civil WarThe Battle of Lingbi began as part of the Chinese Civil War between the communists and the former nationalists turned Japanese puppet regime force who rejoined the nationalists. China Dai Li, with Chiang Kaishek's support, dissolved the Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization (SACO) as its mission had been concluded successfully. Photo: Chiang Kai-shek gave a tea party to celebrate the victory in the hall of Military Committee, and the US military commander in China Wedemeyer toast greeting each other, September 4 1945Milton Miles arrived in Shanghai, China by aircraft to prepared for the arrival of the US Navy 7th Fleet. Allied occupied JapanEmperor Hirohito personally opened a new session of the Japanese Diet with an appeal to his people to "win the confidence of the world" and "establish firmly a peaceful state." Allied occupied Korea Photo: Namsan and Yongsan Garrison immediately after liberation, 4 September 1945Singapore British Rear-Admiral Holland and Major-General Christison arrive onboard the cruiser HMS Sussex and sign an agreement, on behalf of Admiral Mountbatten, with Japanese General Itagaki, onboard the cruiser, for the British occupation of Singapore. Photo: General Seishirō Itagaki signing the terms for the reoccupation of Singapore on board the heavy cruiser HMS Sussex. 4 September 1945YouTube (Singapore Surrender (1945)CeylonAt Kandy, Ceylon, Thai negotiators rejected Louis Mountbatten's demand for Thailand to sign an interim military agreement. Thailand, as support by the United States, argued that the 21-point military agreement was political in nature. French Indochina (Vietnam) An Office of Strategic Services team led by Lieutenant Colonel Peter Dewey arrived in Saigon, French Indochina to begin investigating war crimes and to collect intelligence. Dewey was immediately contacted, by letter, by member of the Republic of Vietnam to seek US support for the Vietnamese independence movement. British Malaya Formal Japanese surrender of Malaya took place aboard HMS Nelson off Penang, Malaya. SEAC ordered Japanese personnel in the region to treat Malapan People's Anti-Japanese Army guerrilla fighters as if they were Allied troops. Wake IslandJapanese troops on Wake Island surrendered. Photo: Left to right, sitting at table: Japanese Army Colonel Shigeharu Chikamori, Sakaibara, Japanese Paymaster Lieutenant P. Hisao Napasato, Marine Brigadier General Lawson H. M. Sanderson, of Santa Barbara, Cal., Commander of the Fourth Marine Air Wing who accepted the surrender in the name of Rear Admiral W. K. Harrill, Army Sergeant Larry Watanabe of Honolulu, official interpreter at the surrender, and Colonel T. J. Walker Jr., Sanderson's Chief of Staff, 4 September 1945Photo: Surrender of Wake Atoll, 4 September 1945: Raising the U.S. flag over Wake Island on 4 September 1945, as a U.S. Marine Corps bugler plays "Colors". This was the first time the Stars and Stripes had flown over Wake since its capture by the Japanese on 23 December 1941New ZealandIt is officially announced that Lieutenant General Sir Bernard Freyberg is to be appointed Governor General of New Zealand in succession to Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall, who retires in February 1946.
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Post by stevep on Sept 4, 2024 8:19:47 GMT
Interesting that bit about a Danish division in the British forces occupying Germany. Never heard of that before. Thanks.
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Post by Max Sinister on Sept 4, 2024 13:15:14 GMT
After 2182 the longest Real Time project has come to a end, thanks everybody for the likes. From September 3rd to September September 30th, here on the Real time Discussion thread the renaming Month of September 1945 will be posted, this is because i want to stop posting in the World War II in real time thread as the war has officially ended and to give member a change to comment on events that still to happen. Congratulations! You've done it again!
Now I really have to know: How did you make this? Did you inherit a big private library, or are you working in a big military archive? Because I would like to know how you've been able to do all the necessary work.
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Post by lordroel on Sept 4, 2024 14:03:14 GMT
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