China
China
- Japanese Army and Navy aircraft began a 6-month-long aerial bombardment campaign against the Chinese temporary capital city of Chongqing. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- American gunboat USS Luzon, with US Ambassador Nelson Johnson on board, arrived at Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China during the day; this was the first time the temporary capital was bombed during the daylight hours. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China during the day. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China during the day. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 27 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in the evening. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 26 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in the evening; six Chinese fighters intercepted them over the junction of Jialing River and Yangtze River and claimed two bombers shot down. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China for three hours during the day; 4,400 people died of asphyxiation in a collapsed air raid tunnel during this bombing. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 27 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China; eight Chinese I-15bis fighters rose to intercept. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China; one of the I-15bis fighters of Chinese 21st Pursuit Squadron which rose to intercept claimed one bomber shot down. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- The Chinese 18th Squadron was relocated to Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- After sundown, Liu Zhesheng, flying an I-15bis fighter, shot down a Japanese bomber over Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Liu Zhesheng | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Luo Yingde led three I-15bis fighters in a joint attack that brought down a Japanese G3M bomber over Chongqing, China after sundown, with the help of searchlights. ww2dbase [Luo Yingde | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- American river gunboat Tutuila ran aground on a reef and became stranded in the Yangtze River at Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- American river gunboat Tutuila, stranded on a reef in the Yangtze River off Chongqing, China since 8 May, was refloated. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 24 G3M bombers of Japanese 13th Air Group attacked Liangshan Airfield in Chongqing, China in the morning at the altitude of 14,700 feet. They were intercepted by eight I-16 fighters of 24th Pursuit Squadron of Chinese Air Force 4th Pursuit Group. The Chinese fighters shot down a G3M bomber, damaged two others (Chinese pilots claimed these as kills but they were able to make it back to base), and shot down an accompanying Ki-15-II aircraft in an observation role. The Chinese lost two I-16 fighters, which were written off due to heavy damage. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Liangshan Airfield | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
- Two formations of Japanese G3M2 bombers, accompanied by three C5M reconnaissance aircraft (Navy version of Ki-15 aircraft), attacked Baishiyi Airfield in Chongqing, China. Four I-15bis and one I-16 fighters were caught by surprise and were destroyed on the ground; the Japanese had claimed 15 destroyed on the ground. ww2dbase [Baishiyi Airfield | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 36 Japanese G3M2 Model 21 bombers, plus bombers of other types, and accompanied by three C5M reconnaissance aircraft (Navy's version of Ki-15 aircraft) attacked Chongqing, China. Lieutenant Yuan Chin-han, flying a Hawk III fighter, damaged a G3M2 Model 21 bomber over western Chongqing. Captain Chen Sheng-hsing and Lieutenant Gao Youxin, flying I-15bis fighters, shared the credit for downing another bomber. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in three waves. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in multiple waves. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese Army aircraft attacked Baishi Yi airfield near Chongqing, China; one of the I-15bis fighters of Chinese 21st Pursuit Squadron claimed one Japanese Ki-21 bomber shot down. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China at 1300 hours; Chinese fighters claimed 5 Japanese aircraft shot down in Bishan County west of the temporary capital, including one G3M bomber. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
- Liu Zhesheng, flying an I-15bis fighter, together with other pilots, shot down a Japanese G3M2 bomber east of Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Liu Zhesheng | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 154 Japanese aircraft attacked Chongqing, China at 1200 hours; Chinese fighters claimed 5 Japanese aircraft shot down. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
- Liu Zhesheng, flying an I-15bis fighter, damaged three Japanese Ki-21 bombers near Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Liu Zhesheng | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 114 Japanese aircraft attacked Chongqing, China after sundown; four I-16 fighters of Chinese 24th Pursuit Squadron rose to intercept, shooting down one bomber near Fuling County near the city, with one fighter shot down by the Japanese. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in multiple waves. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 54 Japanese aircraft based in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China attacked Chongqing, China in two waves; 31 Chinese fighters (I-15bis, I-16, and Hawk III models) rose to intercept, claiming damage on several bombers. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- More than 100 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China in five waves; 16 fighters from Chinese 4th Pursuit Group and 5th Pursuit Group rose to intercept, claiming one bomber shot down. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 1940-08-11 90 Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China. Major Cheng Shao-yu led five others in I-15bis fighters in deploying an innovative new weapon. They dropped time-used 22-pound parachute bombs over the Japanese formation. Although the bombers were unharmed, the confusion caused by the unexpected explosions in the middle of the formation caused several bombers to break away, and one G3M bomber was subsequently shot down by the few fighters that the Chinese was able to scramble. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
- 13 Zero fighters escorted bombers on a mission to raid Chongqing, China; the Zero fighters downed 27 of the Chinese I-15 and I-16 Russian-made fighters. ww2dbase [A6M Zero | Chongqing | CPC]
- 27 Japanese G3M bombers, escorted by 13 A6M Zero fighters, attacked Chongqing, China; the Chinese scrambled nine I-16 and 25 I-15bis fighters. Three A6M fighters were damaged in this engagement, one of which was credited to Lieutenant Gao Youxin in an I-15bis fighter. ww2dbase [Gao Youxin | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- B5N bombers of Japanese 12th Naval Air Group based in Yichang, Hubei Province, China attacked Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese aircraft flew more than 20 sorties against Chongqing, China over a 3-hour period, dropping bombs on civilian sections of the city. In the Jiaochangkou air raid shelter tunnel, more than 1,000 Chinese died from asphyxiation. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- US government criticized the Japanese raids on civilian sections of Chongqing, China. Meanwhile, unrelated to the US complaint, the Japanese air raid on Chongqing damaged the US embassy. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China, damaging the British Consulate among other buildings. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Japanese bombers attacked Chongqing, China; among the property damaged were the British Embassy in the city and American gunboat USS Tutuila at Lungmenhao lagoon. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell arrived in Chongqing, China, threatening to resign his post as Chiang's chief of staff over Chinese field commanders' insubordination. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles arrived in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles and his group departed Chongqing, China by trucks toward the coast. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell arrived in Chongqing, China. Later on the same day, Stilwell met with Chiang Kaishek who urged for more Lend-Lease supplies; in the same meeting, Stilwell asked Chiang to purge the Chinese officer corps of those responsible for the recent poor performance in Burma. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- James Doolittle was awarded the Order of the Cloud and Banner 3rd Class of the Republic of China by Song Meiling. ww2dbase [James Doolittle | Chongqing | CPC]

China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China for Delhi, India via Assam in northeastern India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell arrived in Chongqing, China; later on the same day he met with Song Meiling. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell had dinner with the Chiang household and shared photographs of the Chinese troop training at Ramgarh, India. In Stilwell's diary entry for the day, he noted that he was able to converse with Chiang Kaishek entirely in Chinese for the first time without the help of Song Meiling who usually helped in the role of translator. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | Song Meiling | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China or Delhi, India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China for India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- He Yingqin departed Chongqing, China for India. ww2dbase [He Yingqin | Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
China
- Joseph Stilwell and Claire Chennault departed Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 8 Japanese light bombers escorted by 14 fighters attacked Liangshan Airfield in Chongqing, China, destroying 12 P-40 fighters and 1 other aircraft on the ground. Captain Zhou Zhikai, who had just landed in a P-40E fighter after a ground support mission, commandeered a P-66 Vanguard fighter belonging to US Army Air Forces parked nearby and shot down two Ki-48 aircraft and damaged another. Zhou was later awarded the Order of Blue Sky and White Sun for this action. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Liangshan Airfield | Zhou Zhikai | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 21 Japanese bombers escorted by 17 fighters took off from Hankou, Hubei, China to attack Chongqing in Sichuan Province, China; the formation was met with an additional 14 fighters en route. 10 P-40, 8 P-43, and 11 P-66 fighters of the Chinese Air Force rose to intercept. The Chinese lost one P-40 fighter, one P-43 fighter, and two P-66 fighters in the engagement while the Japanese lost one bomber and several damaged. This would become the final major aerial attack on Chongqing. ww2dbase [Bombing of Shanghai, Chongqing, and other Cities | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Louis Mountbatten arrived in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Louis Mountbatten met with Chiang Kaishek in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Louis Mountbatten | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- 12 American and 80 Chinese agents of the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO) departed their headquarters in Chongqing, China to set up Camp Four, a weather station in Xamba, Suiyuan Province, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles was fired from the OSS by William Donovan in person in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
- William Donovan arrived in Chongqing, China and met with Dai Li, informing Dai that OSS agents would operate in China with or without Dai's cooperation. ww2dbase [William Donovan | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- William Donovan met with Chiang Kaishek at Chiang's home in Chongqing, China. Chiang, who had been told by Dai Li that Donovan wanted to send OSS intelligence agents into China even without Chinese authorization, told Donovan he would not tolerate such challenge to Chinese sovereignty. ww2dbase [William Donovan | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell arrived in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell met with Chiang Kaishek in Chongqing, China. Chiang told Stilwell that he would only allow a major Chinese offensive into Burma if the Allies could achieve a three-to-one numerical superiority against the Japanese. He also turned over full command of the two Chinese divisions training in Ramgarh, India to Stilwell, who immediately prepared them for operations in northern Burma. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China for Burma. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- US Vice President Henry Wallace arrived in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Henry Wallace | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- US Vice President Henry Wallace departed Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Henry Wallace | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- In response to the American request for Chiang Kaishek to accept communist forces in his army, Chiang expressed that he would accept the request only if the Nationalist reserve forces would be off-limits to Joseph Stilwell, and if American Lend-Lease supplies would be controlled by Chiang. This counteroffer was to be rejected in the following month. ww2dbase [Yosuke Matsuoka | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Chiang Kaishek met with Joseph Stilwell, Patrick Hurley, and Donald Nelson in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell personally handed Chiang Kaishek a message from Franklin Roosevelt which noted that Stilwell was to be given unrestricted powers in China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- From his headquarters in Chongqing, China, Milton Miles sent SACO's first comprehensive weather map to US Navy Pacific Fleet Command. These reports would continue daily until the end of the war for the planning of Leyte, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa invasions. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- From his headquarters in Chongqing, China, Milton Miles sent US Navy Pacific Fleet Command a daily weather map of China; for the first time, the map covered the entire Chinese coast and 500 miles out into the sea. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell bid his final farewell to Chiang Kaishek at Chiang's home in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Joseph Stilwell departed Chongqing, China in the afternoon for the United States via India. ww2dbase [Joseph Stilwell | Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
China
- From Chongqing, China, Chiang Kaishek sent a cable to Mao Zedong, inviting the Chinese Communist leader to Chongqing, China for talks. Mao, who saw that talks would gain him little, insisted that the Nationalists must allow the Communists to take official parts in the Japanese surrender, something Chiang was likely to reject. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Chiang Kaishek made a radio address from the facilities of the Broadcasting System (forerunner of today's Broadcasting Corporation of China located in Taiwan, Republic of China) in Chongqing, China, noting that China must not seek revenge against the defeated Japan, for violence would only yield more violence. He urged that China must return "virtue for malice". ww2dbase [Japan's Surrender | Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]


China
- In Chongqing, China, French and Chinese representatives signed a document that officially returned Kouang-Tchéou-Wan (Chinese: Guangzhouwan) back to China. This treaty port has been forcibly leased by Qing Dynasty China to France in Nov 1899, who placed it under the administration of French Indochina. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Under Soviet pressure, Chiang Kaishek announced that he would recognize the Outer Mongolia region as an independent country if the Mongolian people voted to secede from China. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Jonathan Wainwright arrived at Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Jonathan Wainwright | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Chinese communists Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, and Wang Jofei traveled to Chongqing, China aboard US Ambassador Patrick Hurley's personal aircraft. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- In Chongqing, China, US General Albert Wedemeyer warned Chinese communist leaders Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai to restrain the communists from further attacks on American personnel in China. ww2dbase [Albert Wedemeyer | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- From Chongqing, China, Chiang Kaishek ordered General Zhang Fakui to begin moving his troops toward Hong Kong and Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China for the occupation of the two regions. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- In a speech in Chongqing, China, Chiang Kaishek called for economic reconstruction, constitutional democracy, and unification. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
- Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong met with Nationalist representative (and future Minister of Foreign Affairs) Wang Shijie in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles arrived at his headquarters in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- The overworked Milton Miles was placed under house arrest at his headquarters in Chongqing, China by the orders of his physician. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles was awarded the Order of the White Cloud and Golden Banner of the Republic of China while he was at his headquarters in Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Milton Miles departed Chongqing, China. Irwin Beyerly would take over command of US Navy's Sino-American Special Technical Cooperative Organization (SACO) organization from Beyerly's headquarters in Shanghai, China. ww2dbase [Milton Miles | Chongqing | CPC]
- Influential Chongqing-based Chinese newspaper Ta Kung Pao published an editorial demanding Thailand to surrender as an Axis member, and demanding Thai leaders to be arrested as war criminals. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
- US 68th Composite Wing departed Baishiyi Airfield near Chongqing, China. ww2dbase [Baishiyi Airfield | Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Mao Zedong departed Chongqing. China for Yen'an, leaving Nationalist-Communist negotiations to his more capable lieutenant Zhou Enlai. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
- Chinese Communist leader Lin Biao was given command of all Communist forces in northeastern China in an attempt to counter the arrival of Nationalist government forces in the region. Meanwhile, Nationalist and Communist representatives in Chongqing continued their negotiations, seeking a political settlement of their differences between fighting would begin in northeastern China. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]

China
- The Sino-French Accords was signed in Chongqing, China, in which France formally relinquished extra-territorial rights in Shanghai, Tianjin, Hankou, and Guangzhou. It also changed the status of Haiphong, Tonkin, French Indochina to that of a free port for the Chinese. In concession, China began withdrawing its troops from northern French Indochina. ww2dbase [Chongqing | CPC]
China
- Baishiyi Airfield near Chongqing, China closed. ww2dbase [Baishiyi Airfield | Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
- Chiang Kaishek departed Chongqing, China aboard C-54 transport "Zhongmei" piloted by Yi Fuen; Communist troops captured the airfield within hours of Chiang's departure. ww2dbase [Chiang Kaishek | Chongqing | CPC]
China
China
China
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