Timeline of World War II (1945) - June 1945

June 1945
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2: Air Group 87 aircraft from USS Ticonderoga struck airfields on Kyushu, Japan in an attempt to stop special attack aircraft from taking off.
5: A huge Pacific typhoon hits the American navy under Admiral Halsey; the fleet suffers widespread damage.
5: Allies agree to divide Germany into four areas of control.
10: Australian troops land at Brunei, Borneo.
13: The Australians capture Brunei
15: Osaka, Japan is bombed heavily.
16: The Japanese are in a general retreat in central China.
17: Japanese Admiral Ota Minoru committed ritual suicide for failing to defend Okinawa, Japan.
19: The United Kingdom begins demobilisation.
20: Schiermonnikoog, a Dutch island, is the last part of Europe freed by Allied troops.
21: The defeat of the Japanese on Okinawa is now complete.
26: The United Nations Charter is signed in San Francisco.
27: The first oil pump is restored at Tarakan Island

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