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 Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Berlin 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
Marshal Petain agrees to send Louis Rougier secretly to the UK to discuss Anglo-French reconciliation
Vichy France
Anglo-French relations
Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain
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 fighter sweeps and fighter-bomber raids
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Convoy OA 232 departs Methil
Atlantic convoys
Spain
Himmler meets with Franco and Serrano Suner
Spanish-German relations
Heinrich Himmler
Francisco Franco
Ramon Serrano Suner
Italy
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack various targets overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
Italian submarine Lafole sunk by RN destroyers
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Italian submarine Triad sunk by mine approximately this date
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Red Sea
Italian destroyers attack convoy BN 7 and its escorts
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
Naval operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Persian Gulf
Italian destroyer Nullo beached
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
Naval operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Persian Gulf
RN destroyer Kimberley hit by coastal guns and towed to Port Sudan
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
Naval operations in the Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Persian Gulf
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Caprella sunk by U-100
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Sitala sunk by U-100
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Shirak sunk by U-48
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel La Estancia sunk by U-47
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-47
Norwegian vessel Cubano sunk by U-124
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Whitford Point sunk by U-47
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-47
British vessel Sulaco sunk by U-124
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Swedish vessel Janus sunk by U-46
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Loch Lomond sunk by U-100
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Canada
Convoy HX 82 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: 22
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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