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 Soviet Union
With German forces driven back from the southern outskirts of the city, Soviets announce lifting of the siege of Leningrad
Siege of Leningrad, 1941-1944
Russian Front
Soviet 8th Army captures Tosno and Valosovo
Baltic flank of the Russian front, 1943-1945
According to Soviet reckoning, Rovno - Lutsk offensive commences this date
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Soviet 60th Army attacking around Rovno
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Soviet 5th Guards Tank Army captures Shpola
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Soviet 6th Tank Army captures Lysyanka
Liberation of the Ukraine and operations on the central front, 1943-1944
Germany
Hitler addresses assembled high-ranking military leaders: If worse comes to the worst....
Hitler's relations with the military
Adolf Hitler
Manstein replies to Hitler from the audience: And so it shall be, mein Fuehrer
Hitler's relations with the military
Adolf Hitler
Field Marshal Erich von Manstein
RAF Bomber Command sends 515 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
French Resistance forces raid aircraft engine factory
Germany: Occupied territories
France: Occupation, collaboration and resistance
France: Resistance and special operations
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ranger operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 15th Air Force attacks airfields at Montpelier, Salon de Provence, and Istres le Tube with 159 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
North Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 101 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
United Kingdom
Convoy UC 11 departs Liverpool for New York City
Atlantic convoys
Yugoslavia
Allied commandos raid Hvar overnight
Yugoslavia: Partisans and special operations
Italy
II Corps of US 5th Army attacking across the Rapido River
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
British 10th Corps of US 5th Army attacking from Garigliano River bridgehead
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
German 10th Army attacking French Expeditionary Corps of US 5th Army around Belvedere Hill
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
US 12th Air Force provides close support to 5th Army attacks
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
US VI Corps making mostly unsuccessful attacks along the Anzio beachhead
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Luftwaffe aircraft intensify attacks on Allied shipping off Anzio
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
US 12th Air Force supports Anzio beachhead, claiming 28 air-to-air victories
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
US 12th Air Force attacks Velletri, Colleferro, Ceprano, Terni, and other targets
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
RN cruiser Mauritius and destroyer Kempenfelt bombard Formia
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
United States
Report issued on Japanese atrocities in the Philippines
Japan: War crimes, atrocities, and trials
Japanese-American relations
Chennault proposes major air offensive in China and against Japanese home islands
China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
General Claire Chennault
House of Representatives introduces resolutions calling for free and democratic Jewish commonwealth in Palestine
United States: The Holocaust
United States: Politics
Pacific Ocean
IJN gunboat Kasagi Maru sunk by USN submarine Swordfish
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Kosei Maru sunk by USN submarine Thresher
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Kikuzuki Maru sunk by USN submarine Thresher
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Nauru Island
US 7th Air Force attacks Japanese garrison
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Nauru Island
Marshall Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Maloelap Atoll, Wotje Atoll, and Mille Atoll
Operations in the Marshall Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
New Guinea
In the Dumpu-Bogadjim sector, Australian 18th Infantry Brigade attacking Crater Hill against heavy resistance
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
US 5th Air Force and RAAF aircraft attack Madang and Bogia
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 13th Air Force and AirSols aircraft attack Rabaul on New Britain with fighters claiming more than 20 victories
Air siege of Rabaul
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
Admiralty Islands
US 5th Air Force attacks Manus Island
Operations in the Admiralty Islands, 1944
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East Indies
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack Dili on Timor Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Burma
In the Arakan, Indian 161st Infantry Brigade attacking Razabil west of the Mayu Range
Arakan campaign, 1943-1944
RAF aircraft attack Japanese installations at Mawlaik
Arakan campaign, 1943-1944
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: 39
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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