20 Dec 1946

Japan
  • Radical ethnic Koreans attacked Prime Minister Shigeru Yoshida at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan; Yoshida escaped harm. ww2dbase [Shigeru Yoshida | Tokyo | CPC]
Photo(s) dated 20 Dec 1946
Incomplete Unryu-class carrier Aso, Kure, Japan, 20 Dec 1946

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