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 Norway
Aircraft from RN carrier Furious attack installations near Tromso
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Bremen, Kiel, and other targets overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Bordeaux overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
North Sea
RN minesweeper Dundalk damaged by mine off Harwich
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Limited Luftwaffe activity
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Convoy OA 230 departs Methil
Atlantic convoys
Bay of Biscay
French vessel Cimcour sunk by RN submarine Tigris
Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Egypt
Anthony Eden begins tour of British Middle East HQ and operations
North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
Anthony Eden
Atlantic Ocean
Canadian vessel Trevisa sunk by U-124
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
More than 16 million American men registered for the draft
United States: Home front and occupation
Canada
Fifth group of USN destroyers arrives at Halifax for transfer to RN
Naval operations on the Atlantic coast of the Americas
Anglo-American relations
Destroyers for bases deal
Convoy HX 81 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: 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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