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Soviet Union
Soviet State Defense Committee, the GKO, formed with Stalin, Molotov, Voroshilov, Malenkov, and Beria
   Soviet Union: Home front and occupation
   Josef Stalin
   Lavrenti P. Beria
   V. M. Molotov

Russian Front
General Pavlov ordered to report to Moscow where he is promptly tried and executed for failure of his West Front
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
   Soviet Union: War crimes, atrocities, and trials

With most of his armies destroyed, Kuznetsov replaced by Sobennikov at Soviet Northwest Front
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

German 18th Army, 4th Panzer Group, and 16th Army continue pushing toward Leningrad
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

Armies of Soviet West Front ordered to withdraw to the Berezina
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

Luftwaffe ace Werner Molders shoots down five Soviet bombers
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
   Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
   Werner Molders

Ukraine
Elements of Bandera's faction of Ukrainian National Movement arrive Lvov and proclaim renewal of independent Ukrainian state under leadership of Iaroslav Stetsko
   Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   Germany: Occupied territories
   Ukraine: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance

Baltic Sea
Soviet warships evacuate from Riga to Tallinn
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

Germany
Hitler accepts Mussolini's offer to send an Italian expeditionary corps of three divisions to join German forces on the Russian Front
   Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   Italo-German relations
   Adolf Hitler
   Benito Mussolini

RAF Bomber Command sends 34 aircraft to attack scattered targets during the day
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

RAF Bomber Command sends 64 aircraft to attack the Ruhr overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions
   Strategic bombing of the Ruhr

France
RAF Bomber Command sends 18 aircraft on a Circus mission to Pont-au-Vendin heavily escorted by Fighter Command
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

Vichy breaks diplomatic relations with Soviet Union
   Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   France: International relations
   Vichy France

United Kingdom
Convoy OB 341 departs Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Troop convoy WS 9B departs the Clyde partly for Suez and partly for Bombay as WS 9BX
   Atlantic convoys

Italy
Convoy departs Naples for Tripoli with six vessels escorted by Italian destroyers Freccia, Strale, Dardo, and Turbine
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Mediterranean Sea
35 RAF Hurricanes launched from RN carriers Ark Royal and Furious of Force H to reinforce Malta
   Malta besieged, 1940-1942
   Naval campaign for Malta, 1940-1942
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations during the siege of Malta, 1940-1942

Italian vessel Capacitas sunk by Free Dutch submarine O-23
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

RN gunboat Cricket heavily damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft off Matruh, towed to Alexandria, and written off
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel St Anselm sunk by U-66
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

South Atlantic
Vichy French vessel Ville de Tamatave captured by RN cruiser Dunedin
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic

Canada
Convoy HX 136 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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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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