22 May 1946
- The secret clauses of the Molotov-Robbentrop Pact were published by newspaper to Soviet dismay. ww2dbase [Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact | CPC]
- Karl Hermann Frank was executed by hanging at the Pankrác Prison in Prague, Czechoslovakia. ww2dbase [Karl Hermann Frank | Prague | CPC]
- Allied repatriation ship Hikawa Maru arrived at Balikpapan, Borneo and embarked Japanese personnel. She departed later on the same day. ww2dbase [Hikawa Maru | Balikpapan, Borneo | CPC]
- Shigeru Yoshida became the 45th Prime Minister and the Demobilization Minister of Japan. ww2dbase [Shigeru Yoshida | CPC]
- G. S. Bolotin-Balyasny stepped down as GUKR SMERSH's chief in the 3rd Byelorussian Front; Colonel Pyotr P. Timofeev stepped down from a similar positions in the 2nd Ukrainian Front. ww2dbase [CPC]
22 May 1946 Interactive Map
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