An online database
of WORLD WAR II
books and information
on the Web since 1995
Home
New & forthcoming
Books by subjects
Book reviews
Recommended reading
Book forum
Latest book feedback
Popular resources
Recent views
Random book
Newsletter requests
Sell your books
War Diary
Armies
Nations at war
History
Trivia challenge
WWII links
About us
Site guide
Site index
|
|
 Norway
Kriegsmarine heavy cruiser Admiral Scheer reaches Stavanger from Germany prior to beginning Atlantic sortie
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends aircraft to attack Hamburg 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 Hamburg
Belgium
Laws introduced imposing strict limits on Jewish commerce and employment
Germany: Occupied territories
Belgium: Home front and occupation
Belgium: The Holocaust
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
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
North Sea
British vessel Sheaf Field sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
British vessel Sagacity sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Government promises assistance to Greece
Anglo-Greek relations
Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Luftwaffe conducts daylight fighter and fighter-bomber operations
Battle of Britain, 1940
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Luftwaffe conducts night raids on London and Birmingham
Battle of Britain, 1940
The Blitz, 1940-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
London during the war years
Greece
Mussolini's ambassador presents Prime Minister Metaxas with demands to allow Italian forces to occupy Greek territory
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Ioannis Metaxas
Metaxas rejects Italian ultimatum
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Ioannis Metaxas
Forces of General Visconti Prasca's Comando Superiore Truppe in Albania attack across the border
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
General Sebastiano Visconti Prasca
Metaxas proclamation: The time has come for us to fight for independence....
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Greece: Home front and occupation
Ioannis Metaxas
General Papagos named commander-in-chief of Greek forces
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Metaxas contacts British ambassador and requests aid
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Anglo-Greek relations
Ioannis Metaxas
Italian aircraft attack Patrai
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Air operations in the Balkans and the Aegean, 1940-1941
Italian aircraft attack airfields outside Athens
Italo-Greek War, 1940-1941
Air operations in the Balkans and the Aegean, 1940-1941
Italy
Hitler and Mussolini confer in Florence
Balkan campaigns and the Aegean, 1940-1941: Politics and diplomacy
Italo-German relations
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Atlantic Ocean
British liner Empress of Britain sunk by U-32 while under tow
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Wythburn sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Canada
Convoy HX 84 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
New Zealand
First contingent of NZ 8th Infantry Brigade departs Wellington for Fiji
Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
Fiji Islands
Australia
German raider Pinguin lays mines along coast between Sydney and Newcastle
Naval operations in Australian waters, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks
German merchant raiders and their supply ships
China
Battle of South Kwangsi: Chinese forces recover Lungching after Japanese garrison has withdrawn and begin operations to recover Nanning
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: 25
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 2013
| Help improve our War Diary |
Recommend an addition, correction, or clarification for this date.
| 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.
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
|
