An online database
of WORLD WAR II
books and information
on the Web since 1995
Home
New & forthcoming
Books by subjects
Book reviews
Recommended reading
Book forum
Latest book feedback
Popular resources
Recent views
Random book
Newsletter requests
Sell your books
War Diary
Armies
Nations at war
History
Trivia challenge
WWII links
About us
Site guide
Site index
|
|
 Soviet Union
Foreign Minister Molotov reiterates Soviet alliance with Hitler
Soviet Union: International relations
Soviet-German relations
V. M. Molotov
Moldavian SSR formally incorporated into Soviet Union
Soviet Union: Occupied territories
Germany
Canaris reports to Keitel on possibilities for capturing Gibraltar
Germany: Intelligence, espionage, and deception
Operation Felix
Gibraltar
Admiral Wilhelm Canaris
Field Marshal Wilhelm Keitel
RAF Bomber Command sends 62 aircraft to attack targets in Germany overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Luxembourg
German Head of Civil Administration appointed
Germany: Occupied territories
Luxembourg: Home front and occupation
Luxembourg: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Netherlands
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack airfields during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Belgium
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack airfields during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack airfields during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Military tribunal sentences de Gaulle to death in absentia
France: Home front and occupation
Vichy France
France: War crimes, atrocities, and trials
Charles De Gaulle
Strict rationing introduced
France: Home front and occupation
Vichy France
North Sea
RN submarine Thames sunk by mine off Norway
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
RN submarine Spearfish sunk by U-34 off Norway
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel City of Brisbane burned out by Luftwaffe aircraft
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
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
Lord Beaverbrook joins War Cabinet
Lord Beaverbrook
Poor weather conditions limit air activity
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
477 Fighter Command daylight sorties with no RAF fighters lost and 4 Luftwaffe losses
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
Operation Hurry: 14 Swordfish from RN aircraft carrier Ark Royal attack Cagliari on Sardinia
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
HMS Ark Royal
Operation Hurry: RN aircraft carrier Argus launches 12 Hurricane fighters to reinforce Malta
Malta besieged, 1940-1942
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Air operations during the siege of Malta, 1940-1942
Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 42 departs Freetown for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
United States
Roosevelt and his advisers consider how to transfer USN destroyers to the Royal Navy
Anglo-American relations
Destroyers for bases deal
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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: 21
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013
| Help improve our War Diary |
Recommend an addition, correction, or clarification for this date.
| 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.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|
