14 Mar 1946
  • Werner von Blomberg passed away. ww2dbase [Werner von Blomberg | CPC]
  • Prichett was decommissioned from service. ww2dbase [Prichett | CPC]
  • At the Nuremberg Trials, Hermann Göring said that the Spanish Civil War was used by the Luftwaffe to test out newly designed equipment and to battle-harden its personnel. ww2dbase [Nuremberg Trials and Other Trials Against Germany | CPC]
  • Averaging 200 landings per week, USS Ranger recorded her 82,000th carrier landing while serving as the qualification carrier at Pensacola, Florida. ww2dbase [Ranger | DS]
Germany United States Photo(s) dated 14 Mar 1946
Japanese Army Lt Nakamura being led to the scaffold where he would be executed by hanging for beheading an Indian soldier at Pulau Island near Singapore during the war, 14 Mar 1946

Timeline Section Founder: Thomas Houlihan
Contributors: Alan Chanter, C. Peter Chen, Thomas Houlihan, Hugh Martyr, David Stubblebine
Special Thanks: Rory Curtis




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