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 Russian Front
Soviet 41st Army surrounded at Belyi
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Soviet 5th Tank Army and German XLVIII Panzer Korps heavily engaged on the Chir River
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Stavka reduces objectives of Operation Saturn due to continued heavy fighting against German 6th Army in Stalingrad
Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942 - February 1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Stavka
Luftwaffe aircraft unable to transport supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket due to severe weather conditions
Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942 - February 1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Baltic Sea
German vessel Edith Bosselmann sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
France
RAF Fighter Command Rodeo operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 152 departs Liverpool for New York City
Atlantic convoys
Italy
RAF Bomber Command sends 227 aircraft to attack Turin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
RN submarine Rorqual conducts minelaying operations off Ischia
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
German vessel Sullberg sunk by RN submarine Umbra
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
RN destroyer Porcupine breaks in two when torpedoed by U-602, but both sections towed to port
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
RN corvette Marigold sunk by Italian aircraft off Algiers
Naval operations in Northwest African waters, 1942-1943
Air operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943
Libya
New Zealand 2nd Infantry Division begins assembling for 8th Army offensive against Panzer Army Afrika
Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia, 1942-1943
Second New Zealand Division
Algeria
Italian aircraft attack Algiers
Air operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Nigerian sunk by U-508
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
British vessel Charles L. D. sunk by U-553
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Solomon Islands
General Alexander Patch takes command of US forces on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
General Alexander 'Sandy' Patch
US Cactus Air Force aircraft attack Japanese facilities at Munda on New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
IJN submarine I-3 sunk by USN PT-59 off Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
Australian 21st Infantry Brigade mopping up around Gona
Papua New Guinea campaign, 1942-1943
US 5th Air Force and RAAF aircraft attack Japanese positions around Gona
Papua New Guinea campaign, 1942-1943
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
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: 21
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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