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Finland
Finnish delegation departs for second round of negotiations in Moscow
   Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940: Politics and diplomacy
   Finland: International relations

Norway
US freighter City of Flint with German prize crew arrives Tromso, but ordered to leave by Norwegian government
   Naval operations in the North Atlantic

Germany
Slovak minister meets with Hitler who promises to return former Slovak territory from Poland
   Slovakia
   Germany: International relations
   Adolf Hitler

North Sea
French vessel Captain Edmond Laborie sunk by mine laid by U-boat
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Orsa sunk by mine laid by U-boat
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Norwegian vessel Deodata sunk by mine laid by U-boat
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Nine Luftwaffe bombers attempting to attack coastal convoy intercepted by RAF fighters, with four lost and remainder turning back
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
Convoy OA 23 departs Southend
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 23 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Atlantic Ocean
French Force de Raid deployed in the Atlantic to support Allied convoys
   Naval operations in the North Atlantic

German vessel Gloria captured by RN cruiser Sheffield
   Naval operations in the North Atlantic
   Axis blockade runners and supply ships


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: 11
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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