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 Russian Front
Soviet Steppe and Voronezh Front capture Priluki, Lubny, and Romodan
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Soviet Southwest Front captures Pavlograd and Krasnograd
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Germany
Serbian Premier Nedic meets with Hitler
Germany: Occupied territories
Yugoslavia: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Adolf Hitler
General Milan Nedic
France
US 8th Air Force attacks Beauvais with 25 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 operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
Northwest European Waters
RAF Bomber Command sends 49 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Aegean Sea
Luftwaffe begins bombing campaign against British positions on Cos
Operations in Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Islands, and islands in other Greek waters, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Balkans, the Aegean, and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
RN destroyers Faulknor, Eclipse, and Vasillisa Olga attack a German convoy with limited success
Operations in Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Islands, and islands in other Greek waters, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the Aegean and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Yugoslavia
Brigadier Fitzroy Maclean arrives as head of mission to Tito
Yugoslavia: Partisans and special operations
Brigadier Fitzroy MacLean
Tito
Italy
German forces withdrawing from Salerno sector
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
US 5th Army enters Altavilla, Persano, and Battipaglia
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
USAAF aircraft attack multiple targets
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Luftwaffe aircraft attack Allied shipping off Salerno
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Corsica
Final elements of German 90th Panzer Grenadier Division complete evacuation from Sardinia to Corsica
Germany: Occupied territories
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Sardinia
Italian authorities surrender the island to Allied mission at Cagliari
Italian campaign, 1943-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Surrender of Italy
Gibraltar
Convoy KMS 26 departs Gibraltar for Port Said
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Tunisia
Sixty Luftwaffe bombers attack Bizerte overnight
Air operations in North Africa and the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Kuril Islands
Japanese vessel Chowa Maru torpedoed by USN submarine S-42 in the Kurils
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Pacific Ocean
Japanese vessel Kansai Maru sunk by USN submarine Scamp
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Yowa Maru sunk by USN submarine Trigger
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Gilbert Islands
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack Tarawa Atoll
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
USN Task Force 15 attacks Tarawa Atoll
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
USN Task Force 15 attacks Makin Atoll
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
USN Task Force 15 attacks Abemama Atoll
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Two IJN motor torpedo boats sunk by US air attacks
Operations in the Gilbert Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Nauru Island
US 13th Air Force aircraft attack Japanese garrison
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Nauru Island
Solomon Islands
US reinforcements continue to arrive on Arundel Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
General Barrowclough of NZ 3rd Infantry Division takes command on Vella Lavella Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
Japanese troops withdraw from Vella Lavella Island
Central Solomons campaign, February - October 1943
New Guinea
Australian 7th and 9th Infantry Divisions skirmishing with Japanese detachments in Lae-Nadzab sector
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Finschhafen
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
China
US 14th Air Force aircraft attack Shihhweiyao
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Japanese vessel Teia Maru arrives Shanghai to embark more US internees for exchange in Portuguese India
Japan: POWs and internees, escapes and rescues
United States: POWs and internees, escapes and rescues
Japanese-American relations
Allied-Axis prisoner exchanges
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: 33
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 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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