28 May 1945

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Pacific

Second day of intense Japanese air attacks on Allied shipping off Okinawa sees over 100 Japanese aircraft shot down

Middle East

Fighting breaks out between the Syrians and Lebanese on one side and the French on the other

Burma

Troops in Burma become the 12th Army while the 14th Army is withdrawn to India

Europe

William Joyce is arrested in Germany

War at Sea

German submarine U-874 surrendered at Horten


How to cite this article: Rickard, J (28 December 2007), 28 May 1945, http://www.historyofwar.org/secondworldwar/date/1945_05_28.html

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