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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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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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