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Rumania German military mission arrives Bucharest Rumania: Home front and occupation German-Rumanian relations
Jewish students banned from Rumanian schools Rumania: Home front and occupation Rumania: The Holocaust
Germany RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Berlin, Stettin, and other targets overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions Strategic bombing of Berlin
France 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
English Channel RN anti-submarine trawler Lord Stamp sunk by mine Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
United Kingdom Luftwaffe activity limited by poor weather conditions Battle of Britain, 1940 Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Convoy OA 229 departs Methil Atlantic convoys
Italy Marshal Badoglio agrees to Mussolini's plans for invasion of Greece Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy Benito Mussolini Marshal Pietro Badoglio
Mediterranean Sea Italian aircraft attack RN warships off Egypt Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942 Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Pacific Ocean Norwegian vessel Ringwood captured and scuttled by German raider Orion German merchant raiders and their supply ships
Caroline Islands German raider Komet and supply ship Kulmerland rendezvous at Lamotrek Atoll German merchant raiders and their supply ships Axis blockade runners and supply ships
China Battle of South Kwangsi: Elements of Japanese 22nd Army decisively repel Chinese attack on Lungchin Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
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: 12
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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