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Russian Front
Soviet 11th Army and 27th Army counterattacking German Army Group North
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

Soviet counterattacks around Velikiye Luki
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

Heavy fighting as German 3rd Panzer Group and 2nd Panzer Group attempt to seal Soviet pocket around Smolensk
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

German 6th Army attacking Soviet 37th Army protecting Kiev
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

German 17th Army seizes bridgehead across the Bug near Vinnitsa
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

German 11th Army pushes forward around Soroki
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

Baltic Sea
Soviet destroyer Statny sunk by mine
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
   Naval operations in the Baltic Sea

France
RAF Fighter Command Roadstead mission to Dunkirk
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions

United Kingdom
London recognizes Czechoslovakian government-in-exile of President Benes
   United Kingdom: International relations
   Czecho-Slovakia: International relations
   Exile governments, forces, and communities in the UK
   Edvard Benes

Soviets sign a mutual assistance agreement with Czechoslovakian government-in-exile
   Soviet Union: International relations
   Czecho-Slovakia: International relations
   Exile governments, forces, and communities in the UK

Free Czechoslovakian army to be formed in the Soviet Union
   Soviet Union: International relations
   Czecho-Slovakia: International relations
   Czecho-Slovakia: Armed forces

Spain
In a speech, Franco declares the Allies have lost the war
   Spain: International relations
   Francisco Franco

Gibraltar
Convoy HG 68 departs Gibraltar for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Cyprus
German and Italian aircraft conducting series of small raids on the island over ensuing weeks
   Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Egypt
General Blamey requests relief of Australian units holding besieged Tobruk
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
   Siege of Tobruk, 1941
   General Sir Thomas Blamey

Indian Ocean
Troop convoy WS 9AX detaches from WS 9A off Aden and turns for Bombay en route to Colombo and Singapore
   Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal

Japan
Prince Konoe forms new government with Admiral Toyoda as foreign minister, replacing Matsuoka who favored an attack on the Soviet Union
   Japan: Home front and occupation
   Prince Fumimaro Konoe


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: 17
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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