06 Aug 1910
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Royal Navy battlecruiser HMS Lion was launched at Devonport Dockyard, England, United Kingdom. Lion would later see action at Heligoland Bight, Dogger Bank and Jutland.
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06 Aug 1915
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Begin of Landings at Suvla Bay
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06 Aug 1915
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Begin of Battle of Lone Pine
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06 Aug 1915
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Begin of Battle of Sari Bair
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06 Aug 1915
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Begin of Battle of the Nek
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06 Aug 1916
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Begin of Sixth Battle of the Isonzo
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06 Aug 1916
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Begin of Battle of Gorizia
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06 Aug 1917
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Kenkichi Ueda was attached to Japanese Army cavalry command.
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06 Aug 1917
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General Satoshi Matsukawa was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Yoshifuru Akiyama. Matsukawa named Lieutenant General Kentaro Ichikawa as his chief of staff.
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06 Aug 1918
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In the early hours, eighteen officers and 503 other ranks of the 25th (Garrison) battalion of the British Middlesex Regiment, each man carrying 120 rounds of ammunition and in full marching order left Vladivostok station in Russia and proceeded up the line towards Nikolsk, which was reached about dawn. After a halt the battalion commanding officer, Colonel John Ward, decided to make his forward base at Spassk.
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06 Aug 1920
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The Kirghiz Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic was formed within Russia.
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06 Aug 1920
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Józef Pilsudski issued his orders for the battle to defend Warsaw, Poland to be carried out on 17 Aug 1920.
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06 Aug 1921
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The former German battleship Baden was sunk by the Royal Navy as a gunnery target.
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06 Aug 1923
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Kenkichi Ueda was promoted to the rank of major general and was attached to the aviation section of the Japanese Army.
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06 Aug 1923
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Major General Harumi Akai was named the chief of staff of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea.
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06 Aug 1923
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General Soroku Suzuki was named the commanding officer of the Taiwan Army.
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06 Aug 1937
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Falangist artillery bombarded Madrid, Spain during the Spanish Civil War.
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06 Aug 1937
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He Yingqin was made the commanding officer of the 4th War Area.
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06 Aug 1938
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British Ambassador to Germany Nevile Henderson noted to German diplomats that the United Kingdom would not risk British lives over Czechoslovakia.
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06 Aug 1938
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Japanese and Chinese troops clashed at Jinjiashan, Jinguanqiao, and Dengjiahe in Jiangxi Province, China, exchanging territories repeatedly throughout the day.
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06 Aug 1940
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Italian troops under Brigadier General Bertello captured Odweina, British Somaliland.
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06 Aug 1940
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British submarine HMS Sealion was rammed by German anti-submarine vessel UJ-123 while running at periscope depth attacking a convoy 20 miles off the South coast of Norway. Sealion would be able to return to the Tyne on 15 Aug and would remain in repair until 23 Oct.
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06 Aug 1940
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Destroyers USS Walke and USS Wainwright arrived at Santos, Brazil.
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06 Aug 1940
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Ba Maw, the pro-Japanese anti-British former Premier of Burma, was arrested for attacking Premier U Pu's policy of supporting Britain in the war against Germany. Ba Maw received a one year jail sentence.
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06 Aug 1940
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US Army transport American Legion reached Petsamo, Finland to embark American nationals from Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany and the Netherlands wishing to return to the United States.
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06 Aug 1940
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Operation Tube: British submarine HMS Pandora reached Malta from Gibraltar with ground equipment and spare parts for the Hurricane fighters delivered by aircraft carrier HMS Argus 2 Aug during Operation Hurry.
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06 Aug 1940
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At 0630 hours, Hurricane fighters of No. 85 Squadron RAF shot down a German Do 17 aircraft on a reconnaissance mission over a convoy east of Lowestoft, Suffolk, England, United Kingdom. Also on this day, a lone German aircraft bombed the RAF station at Llandow, Wales, United Kingdom.
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06 Aug 1941
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US Navy aircraft based in Reykjavik, Iceland began routine patrols of the North Atlantic.
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06 Aug 1941
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The first German strategic reports on progress in Russia claimed that Germany had taken nearly 900,000 prisioners and destroyed or captured 13,100 tanks, 9,100 aircraft and more than 10,000 heavy guns.
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06 Aug 1941
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The clearing of the land to build a US Marine Corps airfield (future Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point) began in North Carolina, United States.
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06 Aug 1941
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British Foreign Minister Anthony Eden issued another warning to Japan stating that any action against the independence of Thailand would be regarded as a threat to imperial security.
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06 Aug 1941
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Leutnant Hans Thurner of the German Kampfgeschwader 55 wing was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.
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06 Aug 1941
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The first Bell Airacobra fighter arrived in the United Kingdom. By the end of Sep 1941, eleven machines had been received by No. 601 Squadron RAF, but during trials by the Air Fighting Development Unit at Duxford it was found that the much publicised performance figures claimed by the manufacturer were much overrated (having been obtained by a highly polished machine weighing a ton less than the production aircraft delivered to the RAF). The maximum speed for example being some 33 mph slower than anticipated and, although pleasant enough to fly, was definitely inferior to the Hurricane and Spitfire in climb rate and ceiling.
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06 Aug 1942
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Cruiser Köln arrived at Narvik, Norway.
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06 Aug 1942
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The British section of the World Jewish Congress claimed that 1,000,000 Jews were already dead in occupied Europe.
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06 Aug 1942
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Destroyer Yuzuki departed Rabaul, New Britain, Bismarck Islands, escorting a troop convoy to Buna, New Guinea.
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06 Aug 1942
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Michael Calvert wrote to Orde Wingate from Delhi, India warning that fellow British officers generally considered Wingate "not fit to command."
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06 Aug 1942
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Hermann Göring again ordered the plunder of Soviet industries.
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06 Aug 1942
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German submarines U-71, U-210, U-379, U-454, U-593, U-595, U-597, U-607, and U-704 attacked Allied convoy SC-94 520 miles southeast of the southern tip of Greenland; U-454 and U-595 were seriously damaged by convoy escorts and turned for home ports, while U-210 was sunk by Canadian destroyer HMCS Assiniboine by gunfire and ramming (6 were killed, 37 survived). At 1719 hours, U-66 sank small Polish freighter Rozewie 180 miles east of Tobago in the Central Atlantic; 3 were killed, 16 survived but the captain was captured by U-66. At 1908 hours, U-86 sank US schooner Wawaloam with 3 torpedoes (all missed) and deck gun 525 miles southeast of Nova Scotia, Canada; all 7 aboard survived.
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06 Aug 1942
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Japanese submarine RO-33 attacked Australian passenger-cargo ship Mamutu with her deck gun in the Gulf of Papua and machine gunned those who jumped into the water; 114 were killed, 27 survived.
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06 Aug 1942
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German submarine U-612 sank after colliding with U-444 in the Baltic Sea off Gotenhafen, Germany; 2 were killed, 43 survived.
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06 Aug 1942
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German submarine U-77 sank Egyptian sailboat Ezzet and damaged Egyptian sailboat Adnan 85 miles east of Cape Greco, Cyprus at 0700 hours.
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06 Aug 1942
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Hans-Joachim Marseille received a telegram informing him that he was to travel to Rome, Italy to receive the Gold Medal of Military Valor (Medaglia d'oro al Valore Militare) from Benito Mussolini.
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06 Aug 1942
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Japanese transport Yawata Maru delivered 15 A6M3 Zero fighters and 16 Type 99 D3A carrier bombers to Rabaul, New Britain.
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06 Aug 1942
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In the afternoon, 16 US B-17 Flying Fortress bombers were moved from Mareeba airfield near Cairns, Australia to Port Moresby, Australian Papua for a planned attack on Rabaul, New Britain on the following day.
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06 Aug 1942
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While in Egypt, Winston Churchill decided to replace Claude Auchinleck with William Gott as the head of the British 8th Army and with Harold Alexander as the Commander-in-Chief Middle East. Churchill also separated Iraq and Iran from Middle East into a new command area; when offered command of Iraq-Iran, Auchinleck refused.
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06 Aug 1942
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German submarine U-578 departed Saint-Nazaire, France.
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06 Aug 1942
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216 British bombers attacked Duisburg, Germany, destroying 18 buildings and killing 24 civilians; 5 bombers were lost on this mission.
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06 Aug 1942
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Nachi arrived at Paramushiro (Paramushir), Kurile Islands.
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06 Aug 1942
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German 17th Army captured Tikhoretsk in southern Russia while 1st Panzer Army crossed the Kuban River en route toward Armavir to the southeast. Soviet troops in the region launched the Armavir-Maikop Defensive Operation.
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06 Aug 1942
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Soviet fighter pilot Mikhail Baranov of the 183rd Air Regiment leading a flight of four Yak-1 aircraft over Stalingrad, Russia ran headlong into a formation of 25 Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighters and took them on, shooting down three before running out of ammunition. Then skilfully manoeuvring his aircraft on to the tail of a fourth Bf 109 fighter, he closed in and cut off the fin of the enemy fighter with his propeller, afterwards making a successful forced landing.
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06 Aug 1942
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USS Whale arrived at San Diego, California, United States.
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06 Aug 1943
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USS Corvina was commissioned into service with Commander Roderick S. Rooney in command.
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06 Aug 1943
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In the Battle of Vella Gulf in the Solomon Islands, three Japanese destroyers were destroyed, killing 600 sailors and 900 Japanese Army passengers.
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06 Aug 1943
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USS Mingo damaged a Japanese freighter, hitting her with one out of four torpedoes fired.
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06 Aug 1943
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After capturing the important town of Troina at Sicily, Italy, Lieutenant General Patton fired both the divisional commander (Major General Allen) and his deputy (Brigadier General Roosevelt) of the US 1st Infantry Division who were responsible for the victory.
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06 Aug 1943
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USS Pollack attacked a Japanese convoy off Kyushu, Japan, damaging one ship with one of six torpedoes fired.
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06 Aug 1943
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USS S-35 departed Dutch Harbor, US Territory of Alaska for her seventh war patrol.
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06 Aug 1943
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The 10,000-strong Japanese 4th Air Army under Lieutenant General Kumaichi Teramoto arrived at Rabaul, New Britain.
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06 Aug 1943
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Two divisions of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-214 and two divisions of US Marine Corps squadron VMF-221 escorted a P-38 reconnaissance aircraft over the Shortland Islands. The 16 Corsair fighters shot down five Japanese aircraft, losing one (Bill Blakeslee).
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06 Aug 1943
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German SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Aumeier gave his subordinates time off from 1300 hours on 7 Aug 1945 to end of the day of 8 Aug 1945 to recognize the work his men accomplished during the liquidation of the Jewish ghettos in Bedzin and Sosnowiec in the Silesia region of Germany (occupied Poland).
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06 Aug 1943
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Soviet troops engaged the German 4th Panzerarmee headquarters unit at Bogodukhov, Russia.
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06 Aug 1943
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USS Wahoo arrived at Midway Atoll, refueled, and then departed for her sixth war patrol.
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06 Aug 1944
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USS Croaker fired 7 torpedoes at a Japanese freighter, all of which missed.
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06 Aug 1944
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In France, US 4th Armored Division advanced to Lorient and US 6th Armored Division advanced toward Brest.
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06 Aug 1944
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The refinery city of Drohobyez, Poland was captured by the Red Army.
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06 Aug 1944
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US XX Corps reached Laval, France.
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06 Aug 1944
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USS Pintado sank Japanese cargo ship Shonan Maru and damaged another in the East China Sea; six torpedoes were expended and four of them made contact (two on each target).
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06 Aug 1944
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Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Twelve ready-service magazines turned over to station.
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06 Aug 1944
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Unryu was commissioned into service at Yokosuka, Japan with Captain Konishi Kaname in command. She was assigned to Carrier Division 1 of Japanese 3rd Fleet.
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06 Aug 1944
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Lodz, the last Jewish ghetto in Poland, was liquidated; its 60,000 residences were sent to Auschwitz Concentration Camp. 27,000 prisoners of various concentration camps east of the Vistula River in Poland were transferred to camps to the west. The evacuation of Kaiserwald Concentration Camp outside of Riga, Latvia began.
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06 Aug 1945
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Woo Yi passed away.
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06 Aug 1945
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USS Blenny reported sinking four small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya.
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06 Aug 1945
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USS Bugara sank 4 small enemy craft with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea area during the day and 1 more during the night.
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06 Aug 1945
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The US submarine Bullhead was sunk by Japanese aircraft in the Java Sea.
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06 Aug 1945
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USS Sea Cat departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her first fifth patrol.
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06 Aug 1945
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Hiroshima, Japan was destroyed by the first atomic bomb, "Little Boy". About 70,000 to 80,000 were killed immediately, while about 70,000 were injured.
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06 Aug 1945
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USS Boarfish departed Malayan waters.
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06 Aug 1945
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Major Dick Bong, with 40 kills to his credit over the Pacific and his country's top scoring fighter ace of the war, and the holder of the Medal of Honor, was killed at the age of 24 when the Lockheed Shooting Star in which he was carrying out test flights stalled on takeoff and crashed in Burbank, California, United States.
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06 Aug 1948
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Captain Wells Field was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul.
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