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 Russian Front
Soviet 34th Army counterattacks toward southern shore of Lake Ladoga
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 2nd Army and elements of 2nd Panzer Group attacking toward Gomel
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
With units of both Axis forces operating in close proximity, hostilities nearly erupt between Hungarian and Rumanian troops near Voznessensk on the Bug River
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine minelaying operations
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
Hitler issues supplement to Fuehrer Directive No. 34 regarding operations on the Russian Front
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Adolf Hitler
RAF Bomber Command sends 56 aircraft to attack power stations at Cologne in daylight in conjunction with Fighter Command operations
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 78 aircraft to attack Hannover overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 70 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Berlin
RAF Bomber Command sends 36 aircraft to attack Magdeburg overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 35 aircraft to attack Essen overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
Petain speech for abolishing political parties and meetings, strengthening police force and courts, and appointing Darlan as Minister of Defense
Vichy France
Marshal Henri-Philippe Petain
Admiral Jean-Francois Darlan
RAF Fighter Command Circus operations and diversions in conjunction with Bomber Command daylight attack on Cologne
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 14 aircraft to attack Le Havre overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
British convoy Dervish departs Liverpool for Archangel via Iceland
Arctic convoys
Mediterranean Sea
Italian vessels conduct minelaying operations in the Sicilian Narrows
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
RN corvette Picotee sunk by U-568
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
House of Representatives passes bill increasing term of military service
United States: Politics
United States: Armed forces
Newfoundland
At Placentia Bay, Churchill and Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter
Atlantic Conference, August 1941
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
As Atlantic conference concludes, Churchill departs aboard battleship Prince of Wales and Roosevelt aboard heavy cruiser Augusta
Atlantic Conference, August 1941
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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: 19
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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