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 Russian Front
Soviet Central Front captures Glukhov
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Manstein orders German 1st Panzer Army and 6th Army to conduct a mobile defense
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein
Germany
RAF Bomber Command sends 622 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Berlin
France
IJN submarine I-8 arrives Lorient
Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
German-Japanese relations
US 8th Air Force attacks Amiens with 105 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Mazingarbe with 33 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Lille with 36 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth 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
RAF Fighter Command Popular operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 41 aircraft to attack an ammunition dump overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy ONS 17 departs Liverpool for Halifax
Atlantic convoys
Italy
RN battleships Nelson and Rodney and cruiser Orion with supporting destroyers bombard coast of Calabria
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
USAAF aircraft attack Pescara, Pisa, and other targets
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Sicily
Badoglio's representative arrives secretly by air to continue negotiations for Italian surrender to the Allies, returning to Italy in the evening
Italian campaign, 1943-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Surrender of Italy
Marshal Pietro Badoglio
Mediterranean Sea
Italian vessel Columbo sunk by RN submarine Torbay
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Italian vessel Flegetone sunk by RN submarine Unsparing
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Pacific Ocean
Soviet submarine Shch-130 sinks in accidental collision off Vladivostok
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Marcus Island
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 15 bomb Japanese garrison
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
Fiji 1st Commando unit lands on Vella Lavella Island and attached to US 35th Infantry Regiment
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Fiji Islands: Armies and ground forces
US aircraft attack Vila on Kolombangara Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
Bismarck Archipelago
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack targets near Rabaul on New Britain
Air siege of Rabaul
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East Indies
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack various targets
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
East China Sea
Japanese vessel Shoto Maru sunk by USN submarine Seawolf off Formosa
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Kokko Maru sunk by USN submarine Seawolf off Formosa
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
China
US 14th Air Force aircraft attack various targets
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
French Indochina
US 14th Air Force aircraft attack Hanoi and other 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: 26
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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