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Netherlands
- Conrad Helfrich retired from the Dutch Navy. ww2dbase [Conrad Helfrich | CPC]


China
- Chen Changjie received a letter from the Chinese Communists urging his surrender of Tianjin, China; he would reject the request. ww2dbase [Chen Changjie | Tianjin | CPC]
Taiwan
- Chen Cheng was named the Chairman of Taiwan Province, Republic of China with concurrent duty as the commanding officer of the Taiwan Garrison. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | CPC]
- Israeli aircraft attacked and shot down four Spitfire Mk XVIII fighters (of No. 208 Squadron RAF) and a Hawker Tempest fighter which were conducting reconnaissance patrols over Israel. Two RAF pilots were killed. ww2dbase [AC]
Japan
- Yoshijiro Umezu passed away from rectal cancer while in imprisonment in Tokyo, Japan. ww2dbase [Yoshijiro Umezu | Tokyo | CPC]
China
- Du Yuming was captured by communist forces at the Battle of Xubang (also known as the Huaihai Campaign) in Yongcheng, city of Shangqiu, Henan Province, China. ww2dbase [Du Yuming | Shangqiu, Henan | CPC]
China
- Chen Changjie received an ultimatum from the Chinese Communists regarding the surrender of Tianjin, China; he again rejected the request. ww2dbase [Chen Changjie | Tianjin | CPC]
China
- Chen Changjie was captured by Chinese Communist forces in Tianjin, China. ww2dbase [Chen Changjie | Tianjin | CPC]
China
- The Chinese Ministry Of National Defense, by orders of Chiang Kaishek, dropped Tang Enbo's other responsibilities thus concentrating his attention on his position as the commanding officer of the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison, merged the training-logistics commands of Quzhou into that command in Fuzhou with Zhu Shaoliang as its chief, named Zhang Qun as the chief of the Chongqing training-logistics command, named Yu Hanmou as the chief of the Guangzhou training-logistics command thus concentrating Song Ziwen's attention on his position as the Chairman of the Guangdong Provincial Government, and upgraded the Taiwan Garrison with Chen Cheng as its chief and Peng Mengji as its deputy. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | Song Ziwen | Tang Enbo | CPC]
United States
- George Marshall stepped down as the US Secretary of State. ww2dbase [George Marshall | Washington | CPC]
China
- Chiang Kaishek stepped down as the President of the Republic of China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | CPC]
- Acting President Li Zongren pardoned Wei Lihuang. ww2dbase [Wei Lihuang | CPC]
- Fritz Knoechlein, formerly an officer in the German SS Toptenkopf, went to the gallows in Hamburg, Germany, having been found guilty of "committing a war crime in that in the vicinity of Paradis, Pas-de-Calais, France, on or about 27 May 1940, in violation of the laws and usages of war, was concerned in the killing of about ninety prisoners of war, members of the 2nd Battalion, the Royal Norfolk Regiment and other British units". ww2dbase [Hamburg | AC]
- Omar Bradley was promoted to the permanent rank of general. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
- Tang Enbo, commander of the Nanjing-Shanghai-Hangzhou Garrison, announced that his forces would hold the communist forces north of the Yangtze River. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | CPC]
- Hiroaki Abe passed away. ww2dbase [Hiroaki Abe | CPC]
China
- Li Mi met with Chiang Kaishek over a meal and reported to Chiang his Nov 1948 total defeat at the hand of the communists near Chenguan County, Henan Province, China. ww2dbase [Li Mi | CPC]
- The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, convened for the first time. ww2dbase [AC]
Japan
- Shigeru Yoshida became the 49th Prime Minister of Japan. ww2dbase [Shigeru Yoshida | CPC]
- Israel signed an armistice with Egypt to de-escalate the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Israeli Independence War. ww2dbase [CPC]
- USS Bergall conculded a tour of the Far East. ww2dbase [Bergall | CPC]
United States
- The military hospital at the Oak Ridge site of the Manhattan Project in Tennessee, United States was transferred to civilian control by the Roanne-Anderson Company, a subsidiary of the Turner Construction Company. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]

- Nikolai Voznesensky was removed from his position as the Chairman of the State Planning Committee of the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Nikolai Voznesensky | CPC]
- Maksim Saburov became the Chairman of State Planning Committee of the Soviet Union. ww2dbase [Maksim Saburov | CPC]
- Milwaukee was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Milwaukee | CPC]
- Mikhail Rodionov stepped down as the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Russian SFSR. ww2dbase [Mikhail Rodionov | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin was named the third head of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China and the chairman of the US aid committee. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Henri Giraud passed away. ww2dbase [Henri Giraud | CPC]
United States
- Edward Brooks was promoted to the rank of lieutenant general and was named the Assistant Chief of Staff for Personnel of the US Army. ww2dbase [Edward Brooks | CPC]
- James Somerville passed away. ww2dbase [James Somerville | CPC]
- Tang Enbo arrived at Xikou, Zhejiang Province, China. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | Xikou, Zhejiang | CPC]
- The residential and commercial sections of Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States were opened to public access for the first time. ww2dbase [Operation Trinity and Manhattan Project | Clinton Engineer Works | Oak Ridge, Tennessee | CPC]
- Israel signed an armistice with Lebanon to de-escalate the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Israeli Independence War. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Iowa was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Iowa | CPC]
- General Alexander Vandegrift, Commandant of the US Marine Corps, retired after over 40 years of service. ww2dbase [Alexander Vandegrift | AC]
- Israel signed an armistice with Jordan to de-escalate the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Israeli Independence War. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was formed. ww2dbase [CPC]
United Kingdom
- Noor Inayat Khan was posthumously awarded the George Cross. ww2dbase [Noor Inayat Khan | CPC]
- Ma Bufang and Ma Hongkui announced that they would continue to fight against the Communists despite the string of victories that the Communists had been achieving in the Chinese Civil War. ww2dbase [Ma Bufang | CPC]
- Ireland (Eire) gained full independence from the United Kingdom, forming the new Republic of Ireland. It also terminated its Commonwealth membership. ww2dbase [AC]
- The keel of the new 60,000-ton aircraft carrier, USS United States, was laid down at Newport News, Virginia, United States ten days after the purchase of 39 giant six-engine B-36 bombers was announced. The US Air Force was well aware that the purchase price of 234 milion dollars would be challenged by Congress and compared unfavourably with the estimated cost for the carrier of only 189 million dollars. The Air Force went so far as to claim that the Navy was lying about the price, for it knew that the real cost would be close to 500 million dollars. ww2dbase [AC]
China
- He Yingqin was named the acting Minister of Defense. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]

China
- Chinese communist forces captured Nanjing, China and announced the end of the Nationalist Party government. ww2dbase [Nanjing | CPC]

- Sun Chu was captured by Chinese communist forces at Taiyuan, Shanxi, China. ww2dbase [Sun Chu | CPC]
China
- Tang Enbo named Mao Sen the commanding officer of the Southeast People's Anti-Communist Salvation Army, with responsibility of coordinating military and guerrilla actions in the region. On the same day, he secretly embezzled US$50,000 of military funding and transferred the amount to a friend's US-based bank account. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | CPC]
- HMS Mauritius was recommissioned into service. ww2dbase [Mauritius | CPC]
United States
- US Public Law 58-81 changed Henry Arnold's rank of General of the Army to General of the Air Force, making him the only man to hold five-star rank in two separate US military branches. ww2dbase [Henry Arnold | CPC]
China
- Siam was renamed to Thailand for the second time. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The English Electric Canberra, Britain's first Jet bomber, took its first flight. ww2dbase [AC]
- He Yingqin resigned his government postings and would soon depart China for Hong Kong and later Taiwan. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
United States
- USS Segundo entered Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States for overhaul. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Segundo | Vallejo, California | CPC]
Taiwan
- Tang Enbo successfully transported 200,000 taels (about 200 kilograms) of government gold from Shanghai, China to Taiwan. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | CPC]
Taiwan
- Chen Cheng announced martial law in the Republic of China, which was effectively the islands of Taiwan, Penghu, and other surrounding islands under Chinese control. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | CPC]
- Damaskinos passed away. ww2dbase [Damaskinos | CPC]
- Basic Law for the Federal Republic of Germany, the constitution of West Germany, came into effect. ww2dbase [CPC]
- The Central Intelligence Agency Act was passed by the US Congress. ww2dbase [AC]
Trinidad
- Waller Air Force Base on Trinidad was closed. ww2dbase [Chaguramas | CPC]

China
- He Yingqin stepped down from his position as the head of the Executive Yuan of the Republic of China and as the chairman of the US aid committee. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- Edmund Herring was made a Knight Commander of the Order of Saint Michael and Saint George. ww2dbase [Edmund Herring | CPC]
Greece
- Georgios Poulos was executed for treason in Thessaloniki, Greece. ww2dbase [Georgios Poulos | Thessaloniki, Kentrikà MakedonÃa | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin stepped down as the acting Minister of Defense. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
French Indochina
- Bao Dai was made the Chief of State of Vietnam. ww2dbase [Bao Dai | CPC]
- Beaufighter and Mosquito aircraft of the Dominican Republic attacked the remaining elements of a failed Guatemalan invasion force, strafing a PBY Catalina aircraft, with fifteen soldiers aboard, which had been forced down offshore during the previous days fighting. ww2dbase [AC]
- Filipp Golikov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the fourth time. ww2dbase [Filipp Golikov | CPC]
- Aleksandr Vasilevsky was awarded the Order of Red Banner for the second time. ww2dbase [Aleksandr Vasilevsky | CPC]
- Georgy Zhukov was awarded the Order of the Red Banner for the third time. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | CPC]
- Captain Henry Richter was named the commanding officer of USS Saint Paul. ww2dbase [Saint Paul | CPC]
- Hiroshi Nemoto departed Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | Miyazaki | CPC]
- USS Charr arrived at Portland, Oregon, United States. ww2dbase [Charr | CPC]
Taiwan
- Hiroshi Nemoto arrived at Keelung, Taiwan, Republic of China. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | Keelung | CPC]
- The Soviet Union successfully detonated an atomic bomb. ww2dbase [CPC]

- Israel signed an armistice with Syria to de-escalate the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, also known as the Israeli Independence War. ww2dbase [CPC]
Taiwan
- Hiroshi Nemoto arrived at a hot springs resort at Beitou, Taiwan, Republic of China. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | Beitou | CPC]
- USS Manta was recommissioned into service with Lieutenant E. H. Edwards, Jr. in command. Her designation changed from SS-299 to ESS-299. ww2dbase [Manta | CPC]
- Omar Bradley was appointed the first Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. ww2dbase [Omar Bradley | CPC]
- USS Baya was redesignated AGSS-318. ww2dbase [Baya | CPC]
Hawaii
- USS Bugara departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Bugara | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]
- McDougal was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [McDougal | CPC]
China
- Hiroshi Nemoto arrived at Xiamen (Postal Map: Amoy), Fujian Province, China. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | Xiamen, Fujian | CPC]
United States
- USS Sea Robin arrived at New London, Connecticut, United States and joined Submarine Squadron 8. ww2dbase [Sea Robin | New London, Connecticut | CPC]
United States
- USS Segundo completed her overhaul at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, United States. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Segundo | Vallejo, California | CPC]
China
- Li Mi was ordered to move Chinese 8th Corps to Yunnan Province, China. ww2dbase [Li Mi | CPC]
China
- Chan Chak passed away from a bleeding stomach ulcer in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. ww2dbase [Chan Chak | Guangzhou, Guangdong | CPC]
- USS Manta's designation changed from ESS-299 to AGSS-299. ww2dbase [Manta | CPC]
- The prototype of de Havilland Venom jet fighter took its first flight. ww2dbase [AC]
China
- Lu Han hosted Chiang Kaishek for lunch at his home in Kunming, Yunnan Province, China; Chiang met with several high ranking officials at Lu's home before departing for Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. ww2dbase [Lu Han | Kunming, Yunnan | CPC]

China
- Tang Enbo was made the commander of the Fuzhou training-logistics command. ww2dbase [Tang Enbo | CPC]
- The Fairey Gannet aircraft, built to a Royal Navy requirement for a carrier-borne aircraft that could both hunt and kill submarines, took its first flight. ww2dbase [AC]
China
- He Yingqin was named the chairman of the military committee of the Office of the President of the Republic of China. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | CPC]
- US President Harry S. Truman announced to the world that there was positive evidence that the Soviet Union had detonated an atomic bomb; this highlighted the fact that the US monopoly of nuclear weapons had ended and marked the beginning of East-West confrontation known as the Cold War. ww2dbase [Harry Truman | AC]
- USS Sea Cat was redesignated AGSS-399. ww2dbase [Sea Cat | CPC]
China
- Chinese communists declared victory in the Chinese civil war, renaming Beiping ("Northern Peace") to Beijing ("Northern Capital") to serve as their capital city; the Republic of China government withdrew to the island of Taiwan, where it still remains. ww2dbase [Beijing | CPC]
- George Marshall was named the President of the American Red Cross organization. ww2dbase [George Marshall | CPC]
Germany
- The last sortie of the Berlin Airlift was made when an RAF Hastings aircraft, captained by Flight Lieutenant H. D. Harper, delivered a cargo of coal from RAF Schleswigland in northern Germany to RAF Gatow in Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [AC]
- Iva Toguri D'Aquino was sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of US$10,000 for taking part in Japanese propaganda efforts during the war. ww2dbase [Iva Toguri | CPC]
China
- Chiang Kaishek arrived in Xiamen, Fujian Province, China and met with several Army generals at Tang Enbo's residence. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Tang Enbo | Xiamen, Fujian | CPC]




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- Aaro Pajari passed away. ww2dbase [Aaro Pajari | CPC]
- Greek National Army defeated the communists, marking the end of the Greek Civil War. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Tang Enbo relocated his headquarters from Xiamen, Fujian Province, China to Kinmen (Quemoy) island 10 kilometers east of Xiamen. Later on the same day, Chiang Kaishek sent Tang an urgent cable, ordering that Kinmen cannot be lost to the communists. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Tang Enbo | Kinmen, Fujian | CPC]
Switzerland
- The United States paid 62,176,433.06 Swiss francs (not including US$4,000,000 already paid by Oct 1944) to Switzerland for accidental damage done by American bombers during the war. ww2dbase [CPC]
- Konstantin Rokossovsky was promoted to the rank of Marshal of Poland. ww2dbase [Konstantin Rokossovsky | CPC]
United States
- USS Sea Cat arrived at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, United States for upgrades. ww2dbase [Philadelphia Navy Yard | Sea Cat | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | CPC]
United Kingdom
- A Douglas C-74 Globemaster I aircraft of the USAF's MATS landed at RAF Marham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom after a non-stop flight from the US. It carried a total of 103 passengers and crew, then the largest number of people carried across the North Atlantic in a single flight. ww2dbase [Marham, England | AC]

Libya
- The United Nations passed the resolution for Libya's full independence. ww2dbase [CPC]

China
- Chiang Kaishek departed Chongqing, China aboard C-54 transport "Zhongmei" piloted by Yi Fuen; Communist troops captured the airfield within hours of Chiang's departure. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
- Dong Zhao departed Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, China. ww2dbase [Dong Zhao | Hangzhong, Shaanxi | CPC]
China
China
China
- Chiang Kaishek departed Fenghuangshan Airfield, Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China at 1400 hours for Taiwan aboard C-54 transport "Zhongmei" piloted by Yi Fuen. Communist general Ye Jianying in Guangdong Province in southern China requested permission to intercept the C-54 aircraft, but he would never launch his fighters as his superiors failed to respond to his request. ww2dbase [Fenghuangshan Airfield | Chiang Kaishek | Chengdu, Sichuan | CPC]
- Adrian Pelt of the Netherlands was appointed the United Nations Commissioner of Libya. ww2dbase [CPC]
United States
- US Strategic Air Command established a survival school at Camp Carson in Colorado, United States; it would later move to Stead Air Force Base, Nevada, United States in 1952. ww2dbase [Camp Carson | El Paso, Colorado | CPC]
- Indonesia was granted independence by the Dutch government. ww2dbase [CPC]
Taiwan
- Chen Cheng stepped down from his position as the Chairman of Taiwan Province, Republic of China and as the commanding officer of the Taiwan Garrison. ww2dbase [Chen Cheng | CPC]
China
- Deng Xihou received an invitation via telegraph from the communists. ww2dbase [Deng Xihou | Chengdu, Sichuan | CPC]
- Khabarovsk War Crime Trials against 12 members of the Japanese Kwantung Army began. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | CPC]

- Khabarovsk War Crime Trials concluded with all 12 accused members of the Japanese Kwantung Army found guilty and given prison sentences. ww2dbase [Tokyo Trial and Other Trials Against Japan | CPC]
- The NKVD of the Soviet Union provided Joseph Stalin a secret dossier that contained a biography of Adolf Hitler. ww2dbase [The Hitler Book | CPC]
- Deng Xihou defected to the Chinese communists, allowing communist forces to occupy Chengdu, Sichuan Province, China without opposition. ww2dbase [Deng Xihou | Chengdu, Sichuan | CPC]
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