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Soviet Union
Soviet government formally recognizes independent state of Slovakia
   Soviet Union: International relations
   Slovakia

Soviet Deputy Foreign Minister Potemkin summons Polish Ambassador Grzybowski and announces Moscow is intervening to protect Ukrainian and Byelorussian people who live on Polish territory
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Soviet-Polish relations

Sweden
Polish submarine Sep arrives
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Naval operations
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

Poland
Soviet forces cross into Poland
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

3rd Army of Soviet Byelorussian Front attacking toward Postawy
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

11th Army of Soviet Byelorussian Front attacking toward Vilno
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

10th Army of Soviet Byelorussian Front attacking toward Lida
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

4th Army, commanded by General Vasili Chuikov, of Soviet Byelorussian Front attacking toward Baranowicze
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention
   General Vasili Chuikov

5th Army of Soviet Ukrainian Front attacking toward Sarne and Rowne
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

6th Army of Soviet Ukrainian Front attacking toward Tarnopol
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

12th Army of Soviet Ukrainian Front attacking toward Stanislavov
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Soviet intervention

Brest-Litovsk's citadel falls to Guderian's XIX Korps of German 4th Army
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 4th Army halts advance and begins withdrawing some troops to German-Soviet line of demarcation
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 3rd Army sealing off Modlin and Warsaw
   Polish campaign, 1939

German 8th Army reducing Bzura River pocket as remnants of Polish forces attempt to withdraw into Modlin and Warsaw
   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

Final sorties by remnants of Polish Air Force
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Air operations

Surviving Polish aircraft ordered to escape to neighboring nations
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Air operations

Rumania
Polish government, carrying national gold reserves, crosses the border and seeks refuge in Rumania
   Polish campaign, 1939
   Polish campaign, 1939: Politics and diplomacy
   Poland: Government-in-Exile

France
New law authorizes arrest of all suspect foreigners, including refugees and communists
   France: Home front and occupation

North Sea
Finnish vessel Vega taken as prize by U-41
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Finnish vessel Suomen Poika taken as prize by U-41
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Kriegsmarine warships conduct minelaying operations
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
Convoy OA 6 departs Southend
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 6 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
RN aircraft carrier Courageous sunk by U-29
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Kafiristan sunk by U-53 in Southwest Approaches
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

China
First Battle of Changsha: On eastern flank, Japanese 11th Army penetrates Chinese 9th War Area positions around Huifu and capture Tsunchienchieh
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945


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: 29
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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