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 Germany
Hitler postpones Operation Sea Lion until spring 1941
Battle of Britain, Operation Sea Lion, and the Blitz, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Operation Sea Lion
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
North Sea
Kriegsmarine S-boat S-37 sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
RN minesweeping trawler Resolvo sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
British vessel Astrid sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
English Channel
RAF Bomber Command sends 24 aircraft to attack invasion shipping in Channel ports overnight in the last major raid of this type
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy OA 228 departs Methil
Atlantic convoys
Luftwaffe conducts daylight fighter sweeps and fighter-bomber raids
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Luftwaffe aircraft attack London overnight
Battle of Britain, 1940
The Blitz, 1940-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
London during the war years
Mediterranean Sea
Italian torpedo boat Airone sunk by RN cruiser Ajax off Sicily
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Italian torpedo boat Ariel sunk by RN cruiser Ajax off Sicily
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Italian destroyer Artigliere damaged by RN cruiser Ajax off Sicily
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Italian aircraft attack RN warships off Sicily
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 51 departs Freetown for Oban
Atlantic convoys
Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian vessel Davanger sunk by U-48
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Pacific Ranger sunk by U-59
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Canadian vessel Saint Malo sunk by U-101
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Yugoslavian vessel Orao sunk by Italian submarine Tazzoli
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
Roosevelt speech promises the US is arming only for defense of the western hemisphere
United States: Politics
United States: International relations
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Canada
Convoy HX 80 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: 20
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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