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 Germany
Mussolini arrives in Munich following his rescue
Italo-German relations
Rescue of Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Netherlands
RAF Fighter Command Roadstead operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
France
RAF Fighter Command Rodeo operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Greece
Combat erupts when Italian Acqui Infantry Division on Cephalonia refuses to surrender to German forces
Surrender of Italy
Operations in Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Islands, and islands in other Greek waters, 1942-1945
Italo-German relations
Albania
Ibrahim Bey Bicaku named president of provisional government under German auspices
Germany: Occupied territories
Albania: Home front and occupation
Albania: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Italy
German units conduct heavy assaults against US and British elements of 5th Army at Salerno beachhead
Salerno landings, September 1943
504th Parachute Infantry Regiment of US 82nd Airborne Division drops into Salerno beachhead
Salerno landings, September 1943
Eighty-Second Airborne Division (US)
USAAF aircraft attack multiple targets
Salerno landings, September 1943
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Luftwaffe aircraft conduct attacks against Allied shipping off Salerno
Salerno landings, September 1943
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
RN cruiser Uganda heavily damaged by Luftwaffe aircraft off Salerno
Salerno landings, September 1943
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Italian Marshal Cavallero, former chief of Comando Supremo, commits suicide, perhaps under duress
Surrender of Italy
Italy: Home front and occupation
Marshal Ugo Cavallero
Corsica
German Assault Brigade Reichsfuehrer SS drives Italian forces out of Bastia
Germany: Occupied territories
France: Resistance and special operations
Surrender of Italy
Italo-German relations
Italian Cremona and Friuli divisions withdraw into interior of the island
Germany: Occupied territories
France: Resistance and special operations
Surrender of Italy
Italo-German relations
German forces on Corsica ordered to begin air-sea evacuation to Italy
Germany: Occupied territories
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Surrender of Italy
Advance elements of Free French Bataillon de Choc landed at Ajaccio by submarine Casabianca
Germany: Occupied territories
France: Resistance and special operations
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Mediterranean Sea
Italian submarine Topazio sunk by RAF aircraft off Sicily
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Gibraltar
Convoy MKS 24 departs Gibraltar, joining SL 136 for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Atlantic Ocean
British vessel Fort Babine, previously damaged by air attack in the Mediterranean, sinks in tow off Portugal
Naval operations in the North Atlantic
Pacific Ocean
Japanese vessel Shiretoko torpedoed by USN submarine Permit
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Ellice Islands
US airfield at Nanomea Atoll bombed by Japanese aircraft
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Howland Island
US Army team arrives to inspect abandoned airstrip (but Amelia Earhart is not located)
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Howland Island
Solomon Islands
US 27th Infantry Regiment and 172nd Infantry Regiment attacking on Arundel Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
New Guinea
15th Brigade of Australian 5th Infantry Division pursues retreating Japanese forces northward up the coast from Salamaua toward Lae
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Increased Japanese resistance as Australian 9th Infantry Division attempts to cross Busu River and push eastward toward Lae
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
25th Brigade of Australian 7th Infantry Division attacking southeast down the Markham River toward Lae
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Wewak
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East China Sea
Japanese vessel Yamato Maru sunk by USN submarine Snook
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
China
Chiang Kai-shek elected president
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics and diplomacy
China: Home front and occupation
Chiang Kai-shek
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: 28
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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