11 Jul 1945
- More than 2,100 heavy bombers of the US 8th Air Force began redeployment from England, United Kingdom to the United States for onward movement to the Pacific Theatre. ww2dbase [AC]
- USS Ray departed for her eighth and final war patrol. ww2dbase [Ray | CPC]
- USS Brill damaged a Japanese transport in the Gulf of Thailand, hitting her with 1 of 11 torpedoes fired. ww2dbase [Brill | CPC]
- Barbers Point Naval Air Station: Air Group 86 departed. ww2dbase [Barbers Point Naval Air Station | Ewa, Oahu | DS]
- I-13 departed Mutsu, Japan. ww2dbase [Mutsu, Aomori | CPC]
- Japanese ambassador to the Soviet Union Naotake Sato failed to convince Vyacheslav Molotov to engage their two nations in a formal peace treaty. ww2dbase [Manchurian Strategic Offensive | Moscow | CPC]
- US B-24 bombers based in the Philippine Islands struck Shinchiku Airfield (now Hsinchu), Taiwan. ww2dbase [Shinchiku Airfield | Shinchiku | CPC]
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