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Soviet Union
Japanese ambassador meets with Molotov in an effort to resolve Nomonhan battles, border dispute, and other issues
   Japanese-Soviet relations
   Russo-Japanese Incident, 1939
   V. M. Molotov

Poland
German 3rd Army crossing the Bug River while Guderian's XIX Korps pushes toward Brest-Litovsk
   Polish campaign, 1939
   General Heinz Guderian

German 1st Border Command attacking around Gdynia
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 4th Army advancing along both banks of the Vistula River toward Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939

Polish Army Poznan counterattacks German 8th Army on the Bzura River
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 10th Army squeezing Radom pocket while its 1st Panzer Division and 4th Panzer Division mask Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 14th Army in pursuit toward Jaroslav and Przemysl
   Polish campaign, 1939

Luftwaffe conducts heavy attack against Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Air operations

French ambassador in Warsaw suggests Polish government consider moving to France
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy

Germany
Hitler issues Fuehrer Directive No. 3 regarding destruction of Polish forces
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Adolf Hitler

Goering announces that Berlin will never be attacked from the air
   Reich Marshal Hermann Goering

North Sea
RN destroyers Esk and Express lay mines across German sea lanes
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
First BEF troop convoy sails to France
   Phoney War, 1939-1940
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   British Expeditionary Force

Convoy OA 2 departs Southend
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 2 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

RN Home Fleet begins using new base at Loch Ewe on the west coast of Scotland
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   Royal Navy Home Fleet

British vessel Lassell departs UK escorted by Polish destroyer Blyskawica with war materiel bound for Poland via the Mediterranean and Rumania
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

Manchukuo
Soviet tanks and infantry, with air support, counterattack Japanese positions around Hill 997 and Akiyama Heights southeast of Nomonhan
   Russo-Japanese Incident, 1939


Dates are local to the time zone in which the event occurred, but discrepancies and inconsistencies abound throughout the sources, especially when events ocurred shortly before or after midnight.

Entries on file for this date: 18
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
Alden. U.S. Submarine Attacks during World War II
Argyle. Chronology of World War II
Brown. Warship Losses of World War Two
Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
Carter and Mueller. Combat Chronology, 1941-1945
Cressman. The Official Chronology of the US Navy in World War II
Edelheit and Edelheit. A World in Turmoil
Foreman. Fighter Command War Diaries (five volumes)
Goralski. World War II Almanac, 1931-1945
Hague. The Allied Convoy System
Hammel. Air War Europa
Hammel. Air War Pacific
Hauner. Hitler: A Chronology of His Life and Time
Kay. Chronology: New Zealand in the War, 1939-1946
Middlebrook and Everitt. Bomber Command War Diaries
Niestle. German U-Boat Losses during World War II
Rohwer. Allied Submarine Attacks of World War Two
Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
Rohwer. Chronology of the War at Sea
Salmaggi and Pallavisini. 2194 Days of War
Sommerville. World War II Day by Day
Swain. A Chronology of Australian Armed Forces at War, 1939-45
Taylor. Barbarossa to Berlin (two volumes)
Williams. Chronology, 1941-1945
Young. Britain's Sea War

Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.

Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
 

 

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