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 Poland
Jews in Poland required to wear Star of David
Germany: Occupied territories
Poland: Home front and occupation
Poland: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Poland: The Holocaust
Germany
Hitler addresses 200 senior officers regarding war aims: I shall shrink from nothing and shall destroy everyone who is opposed to me....
Phoney War, 1939-1940
France, Belgium, and Netherlands campaign, 1939-1940: Politics and diplomacy
Hitler's relations with the military
Adolf Hitler
France
Polish government-in-exile seated in Angers
Phoney War, 1939-1940
France, Belgium, and Netherlands campaign, 1939-1940: Politics and diplomacy
Poland: Government-in-Exile
North Sea
German vessel Borkum -- seized by RN and manned with a prize crew -- severely damaged by U-33 and subsequently written off
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Hookwood sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Atlantic Ocean
German vessel Antiochia scuttled to avoid capture by RN armed merchant cruiser Laurentic off Iceland
Naval operations in the North Atlantic
Axis blockade runners and supply ships
RN armed merchant cruiser Rawalpindi sunk by Kriegsmarine battlecruiser Scharnhorst off Iceland
Naval operations in the North Atlantic
Scharnhorst
China
Battle of South Kwangsi: Japanese 5th Infantry Division and Taiwan Brigade cross Yung River and capture Szetang
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: 8
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013
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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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