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Russian Front
Soviet 16th Army mostly destroyed in unsuccessful counterattack against German 3rd Panzer Group
   Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941

Soviet 30th Army and remnants of 16th Army crumbling under attacks by German 3rd and 4th Panzer Groups and 9th Army
   Battle for Moscow, October - December 1941

German 1st Panzer Army resumes attacks toward Rostov
   Operation Barbarossa, June - December 1941

German 11th Army captures Kerch
   Crimea campaigns, 1941-1942

France
Captured vessel Kota Nopan, seized in the Pacific by German raider Komet, arrives with prize crew
   Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
   Axis blockade runners and supply ships

Mediterranean Sea
U-433 sunk by RN warships Bicester, Lamerton, Wheatland
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Libya
Two Italian supply vessels arrive Benghazi
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Supply and logistics

South Africa
RN battleship Prince of Wales arrives Simonstown naval base en route to Singapore
   Malaya and Singapore campaign, 1941-1942: Politics and diplomacy
   Naval operations in the Southern Oceans

Canada
Convoy SC 55 departs Sydney, Nova Scotia for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

Hong Kong
Canadian C Force Infantry Brigade arrives from Vancouver
   Fall of Hong Kong, 1941
   Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945


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: 10
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
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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