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Soviet Union Marshal Timoshenko proclamation to partisan units: Wreak merciless vengeance on the enemy.... Soviet Union: Partisan operations Marshal Semyon Timoshenko
Russian Front Soviet destroyers bombard German coastal positions Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941 Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
German Army Group North renews offensive toward Leningrad Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944 Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German Army Group Center liquidates Roslavl pocket with over 35,000 Soviet troops taken prisoner Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German Army Group South liquidates Uman pocket with over 100,000 Soviet troops taken prisoner Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Hungary Government adopts additional anti-Jewish laws Hungary: Home front and occupation Hungary: The Holocaust
Germany Soviet Air Force sends 12 bombers to attack Berlin overnight Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945 Strategic bombing of Berlin
RAF Bomber Command sends 54 aircraft to attack Kiel overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 44 aircraft to attack Hamburg overnight Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944 Bomber Command: Operations and missions Strategic bombing of Hamburg
Greece RAF bombers attack Corinth Canal overnight Air operations in the Balkans and the Aegean, 1940-1941
Italy Convoy departs Naples for Tripoli with four vessels escorted by Italian destroyers Aviere, Gioberti, Camicia Nera, and Oriani Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Egypt Luftwaffe bombers attack Ismailia, Port Said, and Suez overnight Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
United States Japanese ambassador proposes a meeting between Roosevelt and Prime Minister Konoe Japanese-American relations Franklin Delano Roosevelt Prince Fumimaro Konoe
China Japanese air raid on Chungking Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945 Air operations over China, 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: 14
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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