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• Japanese representatives in the Soviet Union requested a update on the Japanese inquiry on the extension of the 1941 non-aggression treaty, getting little in the way of a response. ww2dbase [Manchurian Strategic Offensive | CPC]
• More than 500 American B-29 bombers dropped incendiary bombs on a number of cities on Honshu, Japan. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | CPC]
• A number of B-25 bombers based in Okinawa attacked military airfields on Kyushu, Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | CPC]
• USS Hawkbill departed Subic Bay, Zambales, Philippine Islands for her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Hawkbill | CPC]
• USS Bailey departed Morotai escorting a convoy bound for Balikpapan, Borneo, Dutch East Indies. ww2dbase [Bailey | DS]

• Bernard Montgomery awarded Georgy Zhukov Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Georgy Zhukov | Berlin | CPC]
• Bernard Montgomery awarded Konstantin Rokossovsky Knight Commander of the British Empire at the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany. ww2dbase [Konstantin Rokossovsky | Berlin | CPC]

• USS Hackleback arrived at Guam, Mariana Islands, ending her second war patrol. ww2dbase [Hackleback | CPC]

• USS Seahorse departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii for her eighth war patrol. ww2dbase [Pearl Harbor Navy Base and Ford Island Naval Air Station | Seahorse | Pearl Harbor, Oahu | CPC]
• USS Wasp departed Pearl Harbor, US Territory of Hawaii. ww2dbase [Wasp (Essex-class) | Honolulu, Oahu | CPC]

• USS Tamalpais crossed the equator on her way from Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands to Manus in the Admiralty Islands. ww2dbase [Line Crossing Ceremony | Tamalpais | DS]
• Casablanca-class escort carrier USS Steamer Bay and her replenishment group arrived on station 500 miles east of Honshu, Japan. ww2dbase [Steamer Bay | DS]

12 Jul 1945 Interactive Map