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• USAAF bombers dropped 600,000 leaflets over 11 Japanese cities, warning civilians of bombing. ww2dbase [Bombing of Tokyo and Other Cities | CPC]
• USS Yorktown (Essex-class) and TF58 pounded shipping and installations around the Kure naval base. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Yorktown (Essex-class) | Kure, Hiroshima | DS]
• The Japanese issued a reply to the United States' threat to utterly destroy Japan if the appeal, made on 21 Jul 1945. Japan refused to surrender. The reply stated that Japan was determined to fight tooth and nail for every inch of her sacred soil. ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | AC]
• A mine laid by USAAF B-29 aircraft sank the 1,025-ton Japanese army cargo ship Unten Maru in the in the western portion of the Inland Sea of Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Suo Nada Sound, Inland Sea | HM]
• A mine laid by USAAF B-29 aircraft sank the 887-ton Japanese merchant cargo ship Meiko Maru off Kogushi, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | HM]
• A mine laid by USAAF B-29 aircraft sank the Japanese merchant cargo ship Banshu Maru No. 55 in Odo Strait, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi | HM]

• US aircraft damaged the Japanese merchant cargo ship Rokuzan Maru off the southeast coast of Korea. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | HM]
• USAAF B-25 and P-51 aircraft on anti-shipping sweep off the southeast coast of Korea sank the 886-ton Japanese tanker Yushin Maru. ww2dbase [Preparations for Invasion of Japan | HM]

• USS Blenny reported sinking three small Japanese craft with the deck gun in the South China Sea off Malaya. ww2dbase [Blenny | South China Sea | CPC]
• USS Bugara sank 3 small enemy craft with her deck gun in the Gulf of Siam and South China Sea area during the day. ww2dbase [Bugara | Gulf of Siam | CPC]
• Traffic boat Kuroshio No. 1, formerly landing ship No. 131, was sunk by US submarine in the Strait of Malacca between Malaya and Sumatra. ww2dbase [No. 101/103-class | Strait of Malacca | CPC]
• US submarine USS Pogy (SS-266; Lieutenant Commander J. M. Bowers) sank the 2,449-ton Japanese merchant cargo ship Chikuzen Maru about 90 miles north of Tottori, Tottori Prefecture, Japan. Four torpedoes were expended; two hit. ww2dbase [Pogy | Sea of Japan | HM]
• The Japanese transport Doshi Maru was sunk by aircraft off Nishitomari, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [HM]
• The Japanese auxiliary submarine chaser Giso Maru No. 40, was sunk by aircraft off Urajiri, Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan. ww2dbase [HM]

• USS Becuna arrived at Subic Bay, Luzon, Philippine Islands, ending her fifth war patrol. ww2dbase [Becuna | Subic Bay | CPC]
• Six of the ten sections of USS ABSD-1 arrived at Manicani Bay, Samar, Philippine Islands. ww2dbase [ABSD-1 | CPC]

• USS Menhaden departed New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. ww2dbase [Menhaden | New Orleans, Louisiana | CPC]
• USS Shamrock Bay arrived at San Diego, California, United States. ww2dbase [Shamrock Bay | San Diego, California | CPC]

27 Jul 1945 Interactive Map