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Russian Front
Stavka creates Stalingrad Front under Timoshenko with 62nd Army, 63rd Army, and 64th Army
   German summer offensive in Russia, May - November 1942
   Marshal Semyon Timoshenko

General Vlasov, commanding Soviet 2nd Shock Army, surrenders to Germans
   Russian troops in German military service
   General Andrey Vlasov

Germany
Spanish General Munoz Grandes meets with Hitler
   Spanish-German relations
   Adolf Hitler
   General Augustin Munoz Grandes

France
RAF Bomber Command sends 12 aircraft (including six with USAAF crews) to attack Abbeville
   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 55 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
   Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
   Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
   Bomber Command: Operations and missions

Mediterranean Sea
Turkish vessel Antares sunk by Italian submarine Alagi
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Italian vessel Adda sunk by RN submarine Safari
   Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942

Western Desert
First Battle of Alamein: Panzer Army Afrika attacking 8th Army positions around El Alamein
   Agheila to Gazala to Alamein, 1942

French Morocco
Parts arrive Casablanca for safekeeping after being removed from French warships in the Caribbean in order to immobilize them
   Franco-American relations

Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Cortona sunk by U-201
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Port Hunter sunk by U-582
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Siris sunk by U-201
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

British vessel Shaftesbury sunk by U-116
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

US vessel Tachir sunk by U-129
   The U-Boat war, 1939-1945

Canada
Convoy HX 198 departs Halifax for Liverpool
   Atlantic convoys

South China Sea
Japanese vessel Nichizan Maru sunk by USN submarine Seadragon off French Indochina
   Naval operations in East Asian waters
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945

French Indochina
Vichy France cedes border territory to Thailand
   Indo-China and Thailand operations, 1940-1945: Politics and diplomacy

China
Chekiang-Kiangsi Operation: IJN troops land and begin clearing navigation channel into Wenchow (aka Yungchia)
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
   Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945

Indian Ocean
British vessel Hauraki captured by Japanese raiders Aikoku Maru and Hokoku Maru
   Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal


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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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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