On This Day

29th August 1945

  • Chinese Civil War: Xinghua campaign begins
  • United States troops land near Tokyo as part of the Allied Occupation of Japan
  • A B-29 Superfortress carrying supplies for POWs in Korea is shot down by Soviet forces
Photograph showing a POW supply mission

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