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 Soviet Union
Convoy RA 55A departs Kola Inlet for Loch Ewe
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Convoy JW 55A arrives Archangel
Naval operations in Arctic waters
Arctic convoys
Russian Front
German XLVIII Panzer Korps heavily engaged in the Meleni sector
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Germany
Hitler reviews Atlantic Wall preparations and orders increased defenses and anti-invasion flame-throwers
Atlantic Wall
Adolf Hitler
US 8th Air Force attacks Osnabruk with 234 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 Munster with 194 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Luftwaffe loses 25 fighters in daylight operations in defense of the Reich and occupied territory against Allied strategic bombing
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
German defenses against Allied strategic bombing
France
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ramrod operations attack V-weapons sites
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
RAF Bomber Command sends 51 aircraft to attack V-weapons sites near Abbeville and Amiens overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Bay of Biscay
RAF Bomber Command sends 16 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Operations in the Bay of Biscay, 1940-1944
Spain
Excepting those troops with the Blue Legion, all remaining elements of Spanish Blue Division return from Russian Front
Spain: Home front
Spanish-German relations
Spanish troops in German military service
Aegean Sea
Kriegsmarine minelayer Drache sunk by RAF aircraft off Samos Island
Operations in Dodecanese Islands, Aegean Islands, and islands in other Greek waters, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the Aegean and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Balkans, the Aegean, and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Yugoslavia
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack Zara (Italian enclave occupied by Germany, claimed by Croatia)
Air operations in the Balkans, the Aegean, and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Adriatic Sea
Kriegsmarine cruiser Niobe (ex Italian, ex Yugoslavian), aground on Silba Island, destroyed by RN MTBs
Naval operations in the Aegean and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Italy
British 8th Army captures Villa Grandi while battle of Ortona continues
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
US 12th Air Force aircraft fly tactical missions against targets along and behind the front line
Salerno to the Gustav Line, September 1943 - January 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Mediterranean Sea
Kriegsmarine minelaying operations off northern Corsica
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Kriegsmarine vessel UJ-6076 sunk by Free French submarine Casabianca
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Sierra Leone
Convoy SL 144 departs Freetown for Liverpool via Gibraltar
Atlantic convoys
United States
Convoy HX 272 departs New York City for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Pacific Ocean
German vessel Havelland heavily damaged by USN submarine Gurnard and written off
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Marshall Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Mille Atoll
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 2 Nankair Maru sunk by US aircraft at Mille Atoll
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
US 13th Air Force and AirSols aircraft attack various targets in the northern Solomons
Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945
Air operations in the Solomon Islands and South Pacific
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack targets around Boram, Wewak, Madang, and Alexishafen
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 attacks Cape Gloucester on New Britain with more than 130 aircraft
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
Japanese aircraft attack US beachhead at Arawe on New Britain
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
South China Sea
Japanese vessel Ginrei Maru sunk by US 14th Air Force aircraft
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
China
Japanese aircraft attack Kunming airfield
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
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: 29
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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