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 Russian Front
Soviet Voronezh Front captures Murafa while heavy fighting rages around Grayvoron and Olshany
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Denmark
Prime Minister Scavenius refuses to accept German demands for dealing with saboteurs
Germany: Occupied territories
Denmark: Home front and occupation
Denmark: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 457 aircraft to attack Mannheim overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
RAF Fighter Command Ramrod operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force sweeps with 139 fighters
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
London proposes comprehensive exchange of interned civilian nationals and sick and wounded POWs with Germany
United Kingdom: POWs and internees, escapes and rescues
Germany: POWs and internees, escapes and rescues
Allied-Axis prisoner exchanges
Sardinia
USAAF fighters conduct sweeps across the island
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Italy
USAAF aircraft attack multiple targets
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Sicily
US 7th Army attacking toward Randazzo and pushing eastward on coastal road
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
RN cruisers Aurora and Penelope bombard Castellamare
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
USAAF aircraft attack ground forces, docks, and shipping, including heavy attacks around Straits of Messina
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Mediterranean Sea
USN LCT-311 sinks in heavy weather
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Italian destroyer Gioberti sunk by RN submarine Simoom
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Gibraltar
Convoy KMS 22 departs Gibraltar for Port Said
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Atlantic Ocean
U-664 sunk by aircraft from USN escort carrier Card
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Aircraft vs U-Boats
Canada
Convoy SC 139 departs Halifax for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Churchill and party arrive for the Quadrant Conference in Quebec and visits to the United States
Quebec conference, August 1943
Winston Churchill
Pacific Ocean
Japanese vessel Sekko Maru sunk by USN submarine Sculpin
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
US 25th Infantry Division and Liversedge Force clearing Bairoko secto on New Georgia Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
US aircraft attack Vila on Kolombangara Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Lae, Salamaua, and other targets
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 aircraft attack Borgen Bay and Unea Island
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East Indies
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack targets in the Molucca Islands
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
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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