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 Baltic Sea
Soviet auxiliary minesweeper T-103 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
Hitler accepts Mussolini's offer to send Italian aircraft to assist Luftwaffe operations against UK
Battle of Britain, Operation Sea Lion, and the Blitz, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Italo-German relations
Benito Mussolini
Adolf Hitler
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack various targets overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Netherlands
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack various targets overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
North Sea
RN minesweeping trawler Tamarisk sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft in the Thames estuary
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
RN minesweeping trawler Pyrope sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft in the Thames estuary
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Luftwaffe conducts major raids against shipping, airfields, and radar stations
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Heavy engagements between RAF interceptors and Luftwaffe aircraft
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
732 Fighter Command daylight sorties with 22 RAF fighters lost and 31 Luftwaffe losses
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
Italian submarine Micca lays minefield off Alexandria
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Western Desert
RAF Blenheim bombers attack Tobruk
Outbreak of war in the Desert and Graziani's offensive, 1940
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
British Somaliland
Italian forces continue attacking Tug Argan
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel British Fame sunk by Italian submarine Malaspina
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Canada
Convoy HX 65 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
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: 14
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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