VJ75 On This Day September 1, 2020 fepowhistory Leave a comment 1st September 1945 Chinese Civil War: Battle of Dazhongji begins and the Xinghua Campaign ends, Communist victory. A temporary government is established in Hong Kong, led by Frank Charles Gimson, the British colonial secretary. Frank Charles Gimson and Admiral Sir Cecil Halliday Jepson Harcourt meet in Hong Kong
VJ75 On This Day August 29, 2020 fepowhistory Leave a comment 29th August 1945 Chinese Civil War: Xinghua campaign beginsUnited States troops land near Tokyo as part of the Allied Occupation of JapanA B-29 Superfortress carrying supplies for POWs in Korea is shot down by Soviet forces Photograph showing a POW supply mission