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 Arctic Ocean
Soviet vessel T-889 sunk by U-752
Naval operations in Arctic waters
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Russian Front
German Army Group North captures Volkhov
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
After pause due to exhaustion and weather conditions, German Army Group Center resumes offensive toward Moscow
Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941
German 3rd and 4th Panzer Groups attack in the Kalinin sector
Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941
German 2nd Panzer Army attacks in the Tula sector
Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941
German forces capture Maloarchangelsk south of Orel
Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941
Luftwaffe opens new series of raids against Moscow, continuing through 5 December
Soviet warships bombard German positions around Sevastopol
Crimea campaigns, 1941-1942
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Baltic Sea
U-583 lost due to accidental collision
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 49 aircraft to attack Emden overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 47 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 Fighter Command Ramrod operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command Rhubarb operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
British vessel Corhampton heavily damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft and subsequently sinks
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 37 departs Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Croatia
Zagreb signs Anti-Comintern Pact
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Croatia
Western Desert
RAF aircraft attack Gambut, Tmimi, Gazala, and other targets
Siege of Tobruk, 1941
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Luftwaffe aircraft attack RAF airfield at Jarabub oasis in southern Libya
Siege of Tobruk, 1941
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Ethiopia
East African 25th Infantry Brigade advancing south from Wolchefit toward Dancaz east of Gondar
Italian East Africa campaigns, 1940-1941
United States
Large-scale US Army, Navy, and Marine Corps maneuvers in North and South Carolina
United States: Strategy, tactics, doctrine, planning, and training
Codebreakers read message ordering Japanese consul in Hawaii to report USN movements at Pearl Harbor
International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
Pearl Harbor raid, December 1941: Intelligence, deception, and conspiracies
Magic
Canada
Convoy HX 160 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Japan
Prime Minister Tojo reviews the final military plan for going to war
International relations: Outbreak of war in Asia and the Pacific
General Hideki Tojo
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: 23
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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