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 Russian Front
Smolensk pocket liquidated with over 300,000 Soviet troops taken prisoner
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Continued fighting around Roslavl pocket
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Soviet 5th Army continues counterattacks against German 6th Army
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Rumanian 4th Army isolates Soviet garrison at Odessa
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 65 aircraft to attack Mannheim overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 97 aircraft to attack Karlsruhe overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 68 aircraft to attack Frankfurt overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
Admiral Darlan assumes control of French North Africa
Vichy France
Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan
French Morocco
Algeria
Tunisia
RAF Fighter Command Rhubarb operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command escort operations to Cherbourg
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 20 aircraft on coastal sweep from the Scheldt to the Frisian Islands
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Italy
Convoy departs Naples for Tripoli with five vessels escorted by Italian destroyers Freccia, Strale, Turbine, and Malocello and a torpedo boat
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 83 departs Freetown for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Belgravian sunk by U-372
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Swiftpool sunk by U-372
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Harlingen sunk by U-75
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Cape Rodney sunk by U-75
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Kumasian sunk by U-74
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
Roosevelt sails for Placentia Bay and Argentia, Newfoundland aboard USN heavy cruiser Augusta
Atlantic Conference, August 1941
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Canada
Convoy HX 143 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Singapore
Troop convoy WS 9AX arrives at Singapore from UK with reinforcements
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
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: 21
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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