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 Russian Front
German II SS Panzer Korps mops up final pockets in Kharkov and begins pushing east
Soviet winter offensive, November 1942- March 1943
Germany
Rommel begins indefinite term of sick leave
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel
France
RAF Fighter Command Circus operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command Rodeo operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Fighter Command Ramrod operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force patrols with 37 fighters
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
British vessel Moravia sunk by mine
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
RAF Bomber Command sends 13 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 KMS 11G departs the Clyde for Gibraltar
Atlantic convoys
Mediterranean Sea
RN submarine Thunderbolt sunk by Axis warships
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Italian vessel Pegli sunk by RN submarine Sibyl
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Italian vessel Citta di Bergamo sunk by RN submarine Unbending
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Italian vessel Cosenza sunk by RN submarine Unbending
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Empress of Canada with 1900 aboard including 500 Italian POWs sunk by Italian submarine Da Vinci with nearly 400 passengers and POWs lost
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United States
Convoy SC 123 departs New York City for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force bombers attack Wewak, Madang, and Tring
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
Japanese bombers attack Allied bases around Oro Bay overnight
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
Bismarck Archipelago
US 5th Air Force bombers attack Gasmata and Cape Gloucester on New Britain
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
China
Tojo visits Shanghai
Japan: Occupied territories
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics and diplomacy
China: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
General Hideki Tojo
Japan agrees to transfer its territorial concessions in Chinese cities to Wang Ching-Wei's Nanking government
Japan: Occupied territories
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics and diplomacy
China: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Nanking government
Wang Ching-Wei
Burma
In the Arakan, Japanese forces attacking Kyauktan and threaten to isolate Htizwe bridgehead east of the Mayu River
Arakan campaign, 1942-1943
RAF bombers attacking Donbaik and their escorts intercepted by Japanese fighters
Arakan campaign, 1942-1943
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force aircraft attack various targets
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
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: 23
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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