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 Russian Front
Soviet Bryansk Front captures Khotinets and advances toward Karachev
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Soviet Voronezh Front and German 4th Panzer Army heavily engaged around Bogodukhov, Aleksandrovka, and Olshany
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Black Sea
German vessel Boy Feddersen sunk by Soviet submarine D-4
Naval operations in the Black Sea
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 653 aircraft to attack Nuremberg overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Nuremberg
France
RAF Fighter Command Rhubarb operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 18 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Italy
USAAF aircraft attack multiple targets
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Sicily
General Guzzoni and staff of his Italian 6th Army HQ withdraw from Sicily to the mainland
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
US 7th Army attacking toward Randazzo
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Battalion of US 7th Army conducts amphibious landing overnight to dislodge German forces from positions defending coastal road
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
RN cruiser Uganda and Dutch gunboat Flores bombard Reposto
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
USAAF aircraft attack ground forces, docks, and shipping, including heavy attacks on Straits of Messina
Sicily campaign, July - August 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Mediterranean Sea
USN LST-318 damaged by Axis aircraft and abandoned off Sicily
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Italian vessel Asmara sunk by RN submarine Unshaken
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Egypt
Convoy GUS 12 departs Alexandria for Hampton Roads
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Atlantic convoys
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
Pacific Ocean
Japanese vessel Wakanoura Maru sunk by USN submarine Salmon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
US forces mopping up and attempting to prevent withdrawal of Japanese forces from New Georgia Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Japanese vessel Suiko Maru sunk by USN PT boats in Blackett Strait
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Naval operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Lae 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 Gasmata on New Britain
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
India
Troop convoy WS 29B arrives Bombay from the UK
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
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: 22
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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