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 Arctic Ocean
Soviet patrol vessel Passat sunk by Kriegsmarine destroyers
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Soviet trawler Molotov sunk by Kriegsmarine destroyers
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Soviet Union
Moscow and London sign mutual assistance agreement
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Anglo-Soviet relations
Russian Front
Luftwaffe conducts first bombing attack on Moscow
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Finnish Army of Karelia captures Kokkari and Tolvayarvi northeast of Lake Ladoga
Russo-Finnish Continuation War, 1941-1944
German 3rd Panzer Group attacking north of Orsha
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 2nd Panzer Group attacking south of Orsha
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Rumanian forces capture Balti
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Black Sea
Soviet destroyer Bditelny damaged by mine
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Soviet flotilla leader Kharkov damaged by mine
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Ukraine
Officials of the nationalist, anti-Soviet Provisional Ukrainian Government arrested by German forces
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Germany: Occupied territories
Ukraine: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Croatia
Government begins forced relocation of Jews to camp in Zagreb
Croatia: Home front and occupation
Croatia: The Holocaust
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 61 aircraft to attack Bremen
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Fighter Command Circus mission to Arques
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command sweep across northern France
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 38 aircraft on sweeps off Dutch coast
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy OG 68 departs Liverpool for Gibraltar
Atlantic convoys
Turkey
Turkish government declines to allow Vichy France to ship supplies and reinforcements by rail to the Levant
Invasion of the Levant, 1941
Near East Campaigns, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Turkey: International relations
Vichy France
Levant
British and Vichy French representatives negotiate French surrender in Lebanon and Syria
Invasion of the Levant, 1941
Near East Campaigns, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Vichy French submarines Caiman and Morse depart for Tunisia
Invasion of the Levant, 1941
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Egypt
Luftwaffe attacks Suez Canal with 20 bombers overnight
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Canada
Convoy SC 37 departs Sydney, Nova Scotia for the Clyde
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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