13 Dec 1945
Germany
Germany
- Juana Bormann was executed by hanging in Hamelin, Germany. ww2dbase [Juana Bormann | Hamelin | CPC]
- 36 of the 42 accused war criminals at the Dachau trial were sentenced to death. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | Dachau Concentration Camp | Dachau, München-Oberbayern | CPC]
- Escort carrier USS Bogue departed Guam bound for Okinawa. ww2dbase [Bogue | Apra Harbor | DS]
- William Joyce's treason conviction was upheld by Lords William Jowitt, Hugh Macmillan, Robert Wright, Gavin Simonds, and Samuel Porter of the British House of Lords, with Porter dissenting. ww2dbase [William Joyce | London, England | CPC]
- USS Tunny was decommissioned from service and was placed in the Mare Island Group of the 19th Fleet in reserve. ww2dbase [Mare Island Navy Yard | Tunny | Vallejo, California | CPC]
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