1925 Pink's War, the first RAF operation conducted independently of the Army or Navy, begins.
1935 Adolf Hitler publicly announces the creation of a new air force, the Luftwaffe.
1945 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bombs.
1974 Last Japanese soldier, a guerrilla operating in Philippines, surrenders, 29 years after World War II ended.
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