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 Arctic Ocean
Soviet warships unsuccessfully attack German convoy near Petsamo
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Russian Front
Finnish 14th Infantry Division captures Rukajarvi en route to Murmansk railroad
Russo-Finnish Continuation War, 1941-1944
Marshal Voroshilov relieved of command of Leningrad Front, to be replaced by Zhukov
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Marshal Kliment Voroshilov
Marshal Georgi Zhukov
German 4th Panzer Group captures Dudergov outside Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
German artillery begins preparatory bombardment of Soviet positions on Muhu (Moon) Island in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Estonia
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Soviet cruiser Krasny Kavkaz bombards Rumanian positions near Odessa
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine warships conduct minelaying operations
Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
Hitler meets with Spanish ambassador and Portuguese ambassador
Spanish-German relations
Adolf Hitler
RAF Bomber Command sends 56 aircraft to attack Rostok overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 55 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 32 aircraft to attack Warnemunde overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Belgium
Wedding of King Leopold III and Marie Lilian Baels
Germany: Occupied territories
Belgium: Home front and occupation
Belgium: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Leopold III
France
RAF Bomber Command sends 28 aircraft to attack Le Havre and Boulogne overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Northwest European Waters
RAF Bomber Command sends 23 aircraft on coastal sweeps
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 43 aircraft on assorted anti-shipping and minelaying operations
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 15 departs Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Mediterranean Sea
German vessel Livorno sunk by RN submarine Thunderbolt
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Egypt
Luftwaffe bombers attack the Suez Canal overnight
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Bulysses sunk by U-82
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Gypsum Queen sunk by U-82
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Swedish vessel Garm sunk by U-432
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Stonepool sunk by U-207
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Berury sunk by U-207
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Canadian vessel Randa sunk by U-207
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-207 sunk by RN destroyers Leamington and Veteran
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Empire Crossbill sunk by U-82
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Swedish vessel Scania sunk by U-202
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Panamanian vessel Montana sunk by U-105
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
Roosevelt orders US Navy to attack German warships on sight
United States: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
The Battle of the Atlantic, 1939-1945
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Charles Lindbergh rails against British, Jews, and Roosevelt at political rally in Iowa
United States: Home front and occupation
United States: Politics
America First committee
Charles A. Lindbergh
Canada
Convoy SC 44 departs Sydney, Nova Scotia for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Pacific Ocean
Japanese Combined Fleet training exercise in the North Pacific
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japan: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
Japan: Strategy, tactics, doctrine, planning, and training
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: 32
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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