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 Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine minelaying operations
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
US 8th Air Force attacks multiple targets with 747 bombers escorted by 697 fighters
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 9th Air Force attacks multiple targets with 350 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Luftwaffe loses 24 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
Netherlands
USAAF fighters fly sweeps
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Belgium
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ramrod operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
USAAF fighters fly sweeps
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
France
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ramrod operations
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Rodeo operation
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
USAAF fighters fly sweeps
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
US 8th Air Force attacks V-weapons site with 27 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1939-1944
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
North Sea
U-974 sunk by Free Norwegian submarine Ula
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
English Channel
Kriegsmarine 5th and 9th S-Boat Flotillas unsuccessfully attack Allied coastal convoy overnight
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1939-1944
Albania
British officers McLean, Smiley, and Amery land by parachute overnight to take control of SOE operations and liaison with Albanian partisans
Albania: Home front and occupation
Albania: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Albania: Partisans and special operations
SOE in Albania
Adriatic Sea
Kriegsmarine minelaying operations
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Italy
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack Piombino and Ancona and fly tactical missions along and behind the front line
Battles of Cassino, January - May 1944
Battle of Anzio, January - June 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Egypt
Convoy MKS 47 departs Port Said for Gibraltar
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Pacific Ocean
IJN submarine Ro-45 sunk by USN submarine Seahorse
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Caroline Islands
US 13th Air Force attacks Woleai Atoll
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 13th Air Force attacks Satawan airfield in the Nomoi Islands
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 7th Air Force attacks Truk Atoll
Raids on Truk Atoll and lagoon
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 7th Air Force attacks Ponape Island
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
New Guinea
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack multiple targets
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 aircraft attack Rabaul and other targets on New Britain
Air siege of Rabaul
Operations in the Bismarcks, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
China
Operation Ko-Go (Peking-Hankow Operation): Japanese 12th Army captures Chenghsien
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Burma
US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions in the Arakan
Arakan campaign, 1943-1944
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
India
Japanese siege of Kohima ended but fighting there continues and Imphal remains isolated
Japanese invasion of India, 1944
Japanese forces abandon attacks around Sengmai north of Imphal and go over to the defensive
Japanese invasion of India, 1944
Indian 17th Infantry Division engaged with Japanese 33rd Infantry Division around Bishenpur and Khoirok southwest of Imphal
Japanese invasion of India, 1944
US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions around Imphal with 40 aircraft
Japanese invasion of India, 1944
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Indian Ocean
US vessel John Straub sunk by IJN submarine I-180
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
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: 31
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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