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 Russian Front
Soviet 67th Army attacking across the Neva
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Soviet 2nd Shock Army attacking across the Volkhov
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
According to Soviet reckoning, Ostrogozhsk - Rossosh offensive commences this date
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Soviet 40th Army hammers Hungarian 2nd Army
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
German 6th Army steadily reduced in Stalingrad by Soviet Don Front
Battle of Stalingrad, August 1942 - February 1943
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Vlasov's anti-Soviet Smolensk Declaration distributed over Red Army lines and in occupied territories
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Soviet Union: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Russian Liberation Movement
Russian troops in German military service
General Andrey Vlasov
Germany
Hitler approves plans for total mobilization of German men and women for war effort
Germany: Economics, production, and supply
Adolf Hitler
Luftwaffe loses one fighter in daylight operations in defense of the Reich and occupied territory against Allied strategic bombing
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
German defenses against Allied strategic bombing
RAF Bomber Command sends 69 aircraft to attack Essen overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Netherlands
RAF Fighter Command Rhubarb operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
France
RAF Fighter Command Circus operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 36 aircraft to attack airfields and railways during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Lille with 64 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
U-224 sunk by RCN corvette Ville de Quebec
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack Axis shipping off Tunisia
Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943
Naval operations in Northwest African waters, 1942-1943
Air operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943
Libya
RAF Desert Air Force and US 9th Air Force aircraft attacking Axis positions around Buerat in preparation for 8th Army attacks
Eighth Army's advance to Tunisia, 1942-1943
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Tunisia
Luftwaffe aircraft attack US airbase at Thelepte
Tunisian campaign, 1942-1943
Air operations in Northwest Africa, 1942-1943
South Atlantic
U-507 sunk by USN PBY aircraft off Brazil
Naval operations in the South Atlantic
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Aircraft vs U-Boats
United States
Convoy UGS 4 departs Hampton Roads for Casablanca
Atlantic convoys
Marshall Islands
Japanese vessel Iwashiro Maru sunk by USN submarine Whale
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
New Hebrides Islands
US 13th Air Force activated to control all USAAF units in South Pacific
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
Thirteenth Air Force (US)
Solomon Islands
Elements of US 25th Infantry Division and Americal Division attacking Japanese positions at Mount Austen on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
US 2nd Marine Division opens attack in coastal sector around Point Cruz - Hill 66 on Guadalcanal
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
US AirSoPac aircraft attack Rekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
US Cactus Air Force aircraft attack New Georgia Island
Guadalcanal campaign, August 1942 - February 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
General Eichelberger takes command of all US and Australian forces in New Guinea
Papua New Guinea campaign, 1942-1943
General Robert L. Eichelberger
US 5th Air Force bombers attack Lae, Salamaua, and Sanananda
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: 27
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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