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Rumania
Government claims Hungarian military aircraft intentionally violate Rumanian air space, with one intruding bomber downed and crew captured
   Hungary: International relations
   Rumania: International relations

Germany
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

United Kingdom
Luftwaffe daylight raids and sweeps
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

Luftwaffe aircraft attack Liverpool and other targets overnight
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

739 Fighter Command daylight sorties and 22 night sorties, 636 Luftwaffe daylight sorties and 340 night sorties, with 20 RAF fighters lost and 30 Luftwaffe losses
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

Egypt
Italian bombers attack El Qantara and Port Said overnight
   Outbreak of war in the Desert and Graziani's offensive, 1940
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

French Cameroons
Spurred on by Leclerc, colonial administration rallies to De Gaulle and Free France
   French Equatorial Africa
   Free France
   General Philippe Leclerc

French Congo
Free French forces take control of Brazzaville, the governor resigns, and the colony rallies to De Gaulle
   French Equatorial Africa
   Free France

Ubangi-Shari
Governor of Ubangi-Shari rallies his colony to De Gaulle and Free France
   French Equatorial Africa
   Free France

Atlantic Ocean
Finnish vessel Elle sunk by U-101
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Kyno sunk by U-28
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Dalblair sunk by U-100
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Canada
Convoy HX 69 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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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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