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Finland
Finnish government agrees not to fortify the Aaland Islands
   Finland: International relations

Germany
Goering specifies London, aircraft factories, industrial zones, and airbases as the primary targets of Luftwaffe attacks
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Reich Marshal Hermann Goering

RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Kiel and other targets overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

United Kingdom
Luftwaffe conducts constant daylight fighter attacks
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944

Luftwaffe conducts major night raids against London and Birmingham
   Battle of Britain, 1940
   The Blitz, 1940-1945
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   London during the war years

Convoy OB 229 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Italy
Mussolini convenes a meeting to plan the invasion of Greece
   Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
   Benito Mussolini

Mussolini requests assistance from Bulgaria for invasion of Greece
   Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
   Bulgaria: International relations
   Benito Mussolini

Mediterranean Sea
RN submarine Rainbow sunk by Italian submarine Enrico Toti off Calabria
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Hurunui sunk by U-93
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Bonheur sunk by U-138
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Thistlegarth sunk by U-103
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Belgian vessel Kabalo sunk by Italian submarine Cappelini
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

United States
Shipment of warplanes for Sweden halted and detained for use by US forces
   United States: Air forces, airpower, and air operations

Canada
Convoy SC 8 departs Sydney, Nova Scotia 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: 15
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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