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 France
RAF Bomber Command sends 27 aircraft to attack Dunkirk overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 37 aircraft to attack Boulogne overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
North Sea
British vessel Bay Fisher sunk by Luftwaffe aircraft
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Malta
Luftwaffe attacks on Malta
Malta besieged, 1940-1942
Air operations during the siege of Malta, 1940-1942
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Western Desert
Battle of Beda Fomm: Remaining Italian tanks make a final, unsuccessful attack in the morning to break through British roadblocks
Battle of Beda Fomm
O'Connor's offensive, 1940
Battle of Beda Fomm: More than 25,000 troops of Italian 10th Army, trapped along the coast road at Beda Fomm, surrender
Battle of Beda Fomm
O'Connor's offensive, 1940
Battle of Beda Fomm: Italian General Bergonzoli surrenders with his command
Battle of Beda Fomm
O'Connor's offensive, 1940
Elements of British 7th Armored Division enter Agedabia
O'Connor's offensive, 1940
Seventh Armored Division (British)
Libya
Leclerc's Free French force besieges Kufra oasis in southern Libya
North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Desert raiding forces
Free France
General Philippe Leclerc
Eritrea
Battle of Keren: Indian 5th Infantry Brigade unsuccessfully attacking Acqua Col overnight
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
South Atlantic
German raider Kormoran, supply ship Nordmark, and captured vessel Duquesa rendezvous and transfer prisoners
Naval operations in the South Atlantic
German merchant raiders and their supply ships
Axis blockade runners and supply ships
Japan
In Tokyo, representatives of Thailand and Vichy French Indochina negotiate final settlement to their brief campaign
Thai - French Indo-China war, 1940-1941
Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
China
Battle of Southern Honan: Japanese 11th Army departs Tangho and moves toward Tungpo without opposition
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: 13
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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