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 Russian Front
German 18th Army attacking Tallinn
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 2nd Army enters Gomel
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 6th Army attacking in the Korosten sector
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German 1st Panzer Group fighting in Dnepropetrovsk
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Baltic Sea
Soviet minesweeper T-51 sunk by Kriegsmarine S-boat S-58
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 108 aircraft to attack Kiel overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Bomber Command sends 18 aircraft on Circus operations
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command Circus operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Operation Gauntlet: RN Force K departs Scapa Flow for Spitsbergen with Allied troops to evacuate Norwegians and Soviets and destroy mines and facilities
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Spitsbergen raid, August-September 1941
Convoy OG 72 departs Liverpool for Gibraltar
Atlantic convoys
Mediterranean Sea
RN submarine P-32 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Italian vessels conduct minelaying operations in the Sicilian Narrows
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
Norwegian destroyer Bath sunk by U-204
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Alva sunk by U-599
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Ciscar sunk by U-201
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Aguila sunk by U-201
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Norwegian vessel Sildra sunk by Italian submarine Fecia di Cossato
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Wake Island
Detachment of USMC 1st Defense Battalion arrives
United States: Marine Corps
Wake Island
Pacific Ocean
British vessel Devon 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: 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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