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 Soviet Union
Signing of Soviet-Polish military agreement for raising Free Polish forces on Soviet territory
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Soviet-Polish relations
Poland: Government-in-Exile
Russian Front
Soviet positions on the Luga collapsing
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Heavy fighting around Tallinn, Narva, and Staraya Russa sectors
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 2nd Panzer Group pushing toward Bryansk
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Soviet Bryansk Front under Eremenko activated with 50th Army and 13th Army
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 2nd Army attacking toward Gomel
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 11th Army pushing toward Nikolaev
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Soviets begin evacuating Nikolaev naval base
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Soviet battleship Sovetskaya Ukraina, battlecruiser Sevastopol, cruisers Ordzhonikidze and Sverdlov, three destroyers, two gunboats, and three submarines destroyed at Nikolaev
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Soviet transport Sibir sunk by Luftwaffe bombers while evacuating 2500 wounded troops from Tallinn
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Germany
Hitler offers to give the Transnistria region of the Soviet Union to Rumania
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
German-Rumanian relations
Adolf Hitler
RAF Bomber Command sends 152 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 81 aircraft to attack Brunswick overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 52 aircraft to attack Magdeburg overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Fighter Command escort operations and sweeps
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Northwest European Waters
RAF Bomber Command sends 26 aircraft on coastal sweeps
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 seven vessels escorted by Italian destroyers Freccia, Euro, and Dardo and three torpedo boats
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
Yugoslavian vessel Sud sunk by U-126
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Caribbean Sea
USN sub chaser PC-457 sunk in collision with freighter Norluna near Puerto Rico
United States: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
Naval operations in the Caribbean
Pacific Ocean
British vessel Australind sunk by German raider Komet south of the Galapagos
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
German merchant raiders and their supply ships
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: 20
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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