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 Germany
Hitler issues Fuehrer Directive No. 17 regarding invasion of United Kingdom
Operation Sea Lion
Adolf Hitler
RAF Bomber Command sends 62 aircraft to attack targets in the Ruhr overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of the Ruhr
Switzerland
General Guisan announces Swiss Army will defend the country's borders and neutrality
Switzerland: Home front
Switzerland: International relations
General Henri Guisan
Netherlands
RAF Bomber Command sends 12 aircraft to attack airfields
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
English Channel
Luftwaffe aircraft attack British shipping
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Luftwaffe raids over England, including leaflet dropping
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
659 Fighter Command daylight sorties with 1 RAF fighter lost and 9 Luftwaffe losses
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
RN submarine Oswald rammed and sunk by Italian destroyer Vivendi off Cape Spartivento
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Greek vessel Roula sunk by Italian submarine Mameli
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
Swedish vessel Sigyn sunk by U-59
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Japan
Tokyo announces it will lead 'Greater East Asia'
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
Japan: International relations
Tokyo demands special rights in French Indochina
Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Japan: International relations
Indian Ocean
Norwegian vessel Talleyrand captured by German raider Atlantis and subsequently sunk
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
German merchant raiders and their supply ships
Atlantis
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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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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