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Poland
German 4th Army pushes toward Grodno and unsuccessfully attacks Brest-Litovsk citadel
   Polish campaign, 1939

Warsaw rejects German 3rd Army ultimatum to surrender
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 8th Army reducing Bzura River pocket
   Polish campaign, 1939

Remnants of Polish Poznan Army attempting to withdraw from Bzura River pocket and reach Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 10th Army pushing elements toward Lublin
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 14th Army attacking around Lvov
   Polish campaign, 1939

Luftwaffe aircraft conduct attacks against Polish forces in the Bzura River pocket
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Air operations

English Channel
British vessel Bramden sunk by mine off Dunkirk
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
Convoy OB 5 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Aviemore sunk by U-31
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Arkelside sunk by U-33
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Canada
Convoy HX 1 departs Halifax for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Manchukuo
Ceasefire goes into effect, ending campaign between Soviet Union and Japan on disputed ground around Nomonhan on the border between Mongolia and Manchukuo
   Japanese-Soviet relations
   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: 13
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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