19 Jul 1946
Finland
Finland
- Lennart Oesch was sentenced to 12 years of penal servitude for being the commanding general of Finnish IV Army Corps in Sep 1941, during which time troops of the unit illegally executed 17 Soviet prisoners of war. ww2dbase [Lennart Oesch | CPC]
- USS New Mexico was decommissioned from service at Boston, Massachusetts, United States. ww2dbase [New Mexico | Boston, Massachusetts | CPC]
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