29 Dec 1945
- Gilmore was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Gilmore | CPC]
- U-1233 was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean by gunfire from HMS Onslaught about 40 miles northwest of Ireland. ww2dbase [U-1233 | CPC]
- USS Yorktown (Essex-class) departed Manila, Philippines with a load of US servicemen. ww2dbase [Yorktown (Essex-class) | Manila | DS]
- Sergei Kruglov was named to replace Lavrentiy Beria as the head of the Soviet Internal Affairs Ministry (MVD). ww2dbase [Moscow | CPC]
- Joseph Stalin dismissed Aviation Industry Commissar Aleksei Shakhurin due to the incriminating information divulged by Marshal Sergei Khudyako under torture. ww2dbase [Joseph Stalin | Moscow | CPC]
- Soviet Politburo approved Lavrentiy Beria's request to be dismissed as the head of NKVD; secretly, it was done so that he could focus on his new role in leading atomic weapons research. ww2dbase [Lavrentiy Beria | Moscow | CPC]
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