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 Germany
A representative of Haj Amin, the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem, requests expanded German-Arab cooperation
Near East Campaigns, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Haj Amin el-Husseini
RAF Bomber Command sends 99 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
Netherlands
RAF Bomber Command sends 16 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
North Sea
Luftwaffe bombers from Norway attack shipping along British coast
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
British vessel Remuera sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
British vessel Cape York damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft and abandoned
Battle of Britain, 1940
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Norwegian vessel Arild sunk by mine laid by RN submarine Narwhal
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Luftwaffe bombers attack targets by day and night
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
787 Fighter Command daylight sorties and 42 night sorties, 1088 Luftwaffe daylight and night sorties, with 31 RAF fighters lost and 41 Luftwaffe losses
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Operation Menace: Convoy MS sails for Dakar
Dakar expedition, 1940
Convoy OB 204 departs Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Italy
RAF Bomber Command sends 11 aircraft to attack Milan and Turin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Egypt
Italian bombers attack Alexandria overnight
Outbreak of war in the Desert and Graziani's offensive, 1940
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Chad
Governor Felix Eboue declares allegiance to De Gaulle and colony rallies to the Free French
French Equatorial Africa
Free France
Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 45 departs Freetown for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Ilvington Court sunk by Italian submarine Dandolo
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Indian Ocean
Norwegian vessel Filefjell captured by German raider Pinguin south of Madagascar and subsequently scuttled
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
German merchant raiders and their supply ships
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: 17
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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