26 Nov 1945
- Douglas MacArthur confirmed that Emperor Showa of Japan would not be forced to abdicate the throne. ww2dbase [Douglas MacArthur | CPC]
- Joseph McNarney was made the commanding general of US Forces in the European Theater, succeeding Dwight Eisenhower. ww2dbase [Joseph McNarney | CPC]
- USS Bailey departed San Diego bound for the Panama Canal Zone. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]
- Chinese Nationalist troops captured the Shanhai Pass of the Great Wall in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Hebei | CPC]
- Liu Yuzhang's troops entered Jinzhou, Liaoning Province, China. ww2dbase [Liu Yuzhang | Jinzhou, Liaoning | CPC]
- British Indian troops reached the southern side of Surabaya, Java, Indonesia, thus largely securing the city. During this campaign against Communist fighters, thousands were killed, and 90 percent of the city's residents fled to the surrounding countryside. ww2dbase [Surabaya, Java | CPC]
- The Soviet Governmental Commission on Nuremberg Trials ordered the Soviet prosecution team in Nürnberg, Germany not to discuss issues such as the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, the annexation of the Baltic States, Polish borders, etc. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Nürnberg, Franken | CPC]
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