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Finland
Unsuccessful attacks by Soviet 7th Army against Mannerheim Line in Taipale sector
   Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940

North Sea
Swedish vessel Lister sunk by U-59
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Norwegian vessel Glittrefjell sunk by U-59
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Amble sunk by mine
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

British vessel Evelina sunk by mine
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

British vessel Sedgefly sunk by mine
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944

United Kingdom
Convoy OA 54 departs Southend
   Atlantic convoys

Convoy OB 54 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Italy
Foreign Minister Ciano strongly condemns Soviet aggression in a speech in Rome
   Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940
   Russo-Finnish War, 1939-1940: Politics and diplomacy
   Italy: International relations
   Count Galeazzo Ciano

Gibraltar
Convoy HG 11 departs Gibraltar for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Uruguay
Kriegsmarine pocket battleship Graf Spee not allowed to extend its stay in Montevideo
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic
   Battle of the River Plate, 1939
   Admiral Graf Spee

China
Chinese Winter Offensive: Chinese 1st War Area captures Kaifeng
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Chinese Winter Offensive: Japanese counterattacking Chinese 2nd War Area
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Chinese Winter Offensive: Chinese 3rd War Area (Anhwei south of Yangtze River, northeastern Kiangsi, and territory to the east with 10th Army Group, 23rd Army Group, and 32nd Army Group) opens offensive
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Chinese Winter Offensive: Chinese 5th War Area captures Japanese strongpoints at Niehchiachang, Funanchang, Wuhsuchiachang, Chouchiachang, Tunghsinchang, Tuochuanu, and Nanhofu
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945

Chinese Winter Offensive: 73rd Army of Chinese 9th War Area opens attacks around Shihchengwan, Kueikoushih, and Tashaping and remains intermittently engaged in that area for a month
   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: 16
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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