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 Russian Front
Operation Fridericus II: German 1st Panzer Army opens offensive against 38th Army and 9th Army of Soviet Southwestern Front in the Kupyansk sector
German summer offensive in Russia, May - November 1942
Baltic Sea
Swedish vessel Ada Gorthon sunk by Soviet submarine SC-317
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 227 aircraft to attack Emden overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
Laval broadcast: France desires a German victory
Vichy France
Pierre Laval
RAF Bomber Command sends 12 aircraft to attack Dunkirk during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command Ramrod operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
Kriegsmarine vessels conduct minelaying operations
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
United Kingdom
RN battleship Anson completed
United Kingdom: Navies, seapower, and naval operations
United Kingdom: Battleships and battle cruisers
Bay of Biscay
Kriegsmarine mine vessel Sperrbrecher-14 severely damaged by mine and subsequently scuttled as a blockship
Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944
Sicily
Convoy departs Palermo for Benghazi with two vessels escorted by Italian destroyers Folgore and Turbine and torpedo boats Partenope, Orsa, and Castore
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Western Desert
Rommel notifies Comando Supremo enough British supplies have been captured at Tobruk to support offensive deep into Egypt
Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942
North Africa campaigns and the Mediterranean, 1940-1943: Politics and diplomacy
Comando Supremo
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
Atlantic Ocean
Argentinian vessel Rio Tercero sunk by U-202
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
US vessel E.J. Sadler sunk by U-159
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
King Peter of Yugoslavia arrives
King Peter of Yugoslavia
Soviet Ambassador Litvinov speech in New York: Second Front now
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Soviet-American relations
Maxim Litvinov
Thailand
Construction begins on Burma-Thailand 'Death Railway' to supply Japanese units in Burma
China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945
China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945: Supply and Logistics
Burma-Thailand railway
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: 16
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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