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 Russian Front
Manstein's Winter Storm offensive to relieve Stalingrad ordered to begin on 12 December
Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942 - February 1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Continued heavy fighting along the Chir River
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
German Army Group A begins withdrawing from the Caucasus
Operations in the Caucasus, 1942-1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Luftwaffe aircraft transport approximately 230 tons of supplies to German 6th Army in Stalingrad pocket
Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942 - February 1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Air operations in the Russo-German War, 1941-1945
Northwest European Waters
RAF Bomber Command sends 26 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 153 departs Liverpool for New York City
Atlantic convoys
Convoy KMS 5G departs the Clyde for Gibraltar
Atlantic convoys
Italy
US 9th Air Force bombers attack Naples
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
RAF Bomber Command sends 82 aircraft to attack Turin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
RAF aircraft unsuccessfully attack Italian convoy en route from Naples to Bizerte
Naval operations in Northwest African waters, 1942-1943
Air operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943
RN destroyer Blean sunk by U-443
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Norwegian vessel Berto sunk by Italian submarine Ambra
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Egypt
Convoy ME 11 arrives Port Said from Malta
Malta besieged, 1940-1942
Malta convoys
Naval campaign for Malta, 1940-1942
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Convoy MW 16 departs Alexandria for Malta
Malta besieged, 1940-1942
Malta convoys
Naval campaign for Malta, 1940-1942
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Libya
2nd NZ Infantry Division of 8th Army begins outflanking movement around El Agheila
Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia, 1942-1943
Second New Zealand Division
Tunisia
German forces continue attacking Medjez el Bab
Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943
Algeria
Convoy MKF 4Y departs Bone for the Clyde
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1939-1942
Atlantic convoys
Italian submarine Ambra safely enters Algiers harbor and launches three manned torpedoes overnight
Naval operations in Northwest African waters, 1942-1943
Aleutian Islands
US 11th Air Force aircraft attack Kiska Island
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Gilbert Islands
Japanese construction battalion arrives Betio Island at Tarawa Atoll to build airstrip and defensive positions
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Solomon Islands
Ten IJN destroyers attempt to transport supplies from Shortland Island to Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
US Cactus Air Force bombers unsuccessfully attack IJN destroyers transporting supplies to Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
US Cactus Air Force aircraft attack Munda airfield on New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Buna and Lae
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: 24
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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