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Bay of Biscay
RAF Bomber Command sends 21 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions
   Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944

Sicily
USAAF and RAF aircraft attack Palermo and Messina
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1943-1945

Mediterranean
Italian vessel Santa Maria Salina sunk by RN submarine Unrivalled
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945

Pantelleria Island
USAAF aircraft attack Italian positions
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
   Capture of Pantelleria Island, June 1943

Tunisia
Remnants of German 5th Panzer Army in northern sector surrender to US II Corps
   Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943

British 9th Corps attacking toward Cape Bon
   Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943

French 19th Corps attacking around Zaghouan
   Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Kanbe sunk by U-123
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Norwegian vessel Corneville sunk by U-515
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

U-381 lost sometime after this date
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Pacific Ocean
Japanese gunboat Aso Maru sunk by USN submarine Gar
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945

New Guinea
Japanese attacks against Australian 2/7th Battalion in Mubo-Salamaua sector
   Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945

US 5th Air Force aircraft attack multiple targets
   Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
   Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945

Bismarck Archipelago
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Gasmata, New Britain
   Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945

Japan
Japanese vessel Takao Maru sunk off Honshu by USN submarine Wahoo
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
   USS Wahoo, SS-238

Japanese vessel Jimmu Maru sunk off Honshu by USN submarine Wahoo
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
   USS Wahoo, SS-238

Burma
Japanese 55th Infantry Division advancing toward Maungdaw
   Arakan campaign, 1942-1943


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Argyle. Chronology of World War II
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Hammel. Air War Pacific
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Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
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Many other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Various additional volumes were also consulted for specific topics.