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• Indictments were made against accused Nazi German war criminals. [Main Article | CPC]
• Soviet troops landed at Rubetzu Bay on Iturup, Kurile Islands, Japan, as well as nearby islands of Kunashir, Shikotan, Sibotzu, Taraku-Shima, Uri-Shima, Akiuri, and Suiseto. [Main Article | CPC]
• The minesweeper USS Logic was transferred to the Republic of China (renamed Yung Shun) under the Lend-Lease programme. [AC]
• The minesweeper USS Lucid was transferred to the Republic of China (renamed Yung Ting) under the Lend-Lease programme. [AC]
• The minesweeper USS Magnet was transferred to the Republic of China (renamed Yung Ning) under the Lend-Lease programme. [AC]

• In Japan, an advance guard of 150 US airborne troops landed at Atsuki airfield outside Tokyo; they were the first Allied troops to set foot on the Japanese mainland. [Main Article | AC]

• The battleship HMS Nelson anchored off Penang to take the Japanese surrender in Malaya. [CPC]

• Destroyers USS Blue and USS Mansfield intercepted I-400, which was discovered on the previous day, in the Pacific Ocean. USS Blue sent a 37-man boarding party and secured the submarine. Destroyer USS Weaver of US 20th Submarine Squadron arrived on the scene later, however, and forcibly took over the situation, claiming authority due to the personnel's submarine expertise. [Main Article | CPC]

• US B-29 bombers dropped food onto the grounds of the Churon Temporary Prisoners of War Camp in northern Taiwan; three prisoners were accidentally killed by falling 50-gallon drums. [CPC]

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