Today in WWII History
World War II History for August 10
10 Aug 1944 - Hitler moves the entire 2,000-plane Luftwaffe force to Western Europe in a bid to challenge the power of the Allies’ collective air strength.
10 Aug 1944 - U.S. forces defeated the remaining Japanese resistance on Guam, leaving the U.S. with an additional solid forward base in the Marianas from which to bomb the Japanese mainland.
10 Aug 1945 - The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced they would surrender. The only condition was that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged.
