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 Russian Front
Soviet Leningrad Front attacking Finnish defenses around Tali-Ihantala in the Karelian isthmus
Russo-Finnish Continuation War, 1941-1944
Encircled German 4th Army suffering heavy losses around Minsk
Byelorussia campaign and the destruction of German Army Group Center, June - December 1944
LV Korps of German 9th Army withdraws to Luninets
Byelorussia campaign and the destruction of German Army Group Center, June - December 1944
Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front captures Kovel
Byelorussia campaign and the destruction of German Army Group Center, June - December 1944
Germany
Colonel Stauffenberg attends conference with Hitler at the Berghof, but decides not to detonate bomb
Adolf Hitler
Hitler assassination plots
Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg
Berchtesgaden
U-boat UD-2 (ex Dutch submarine O-12) decommissioned at Kiel
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
US 8th Air Force attacks Kiel with 231 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 33 aircraft to attack Scholven/Buer overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
France
Field Marshal Kluge takes command of German Ob West headquarters, replacing Rundstedt
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
Field Marshal Gunther von Kluge
Field Marshal Gerd von Rundstedt
US 3rd Army HQ established at Nehou in Normandy
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944: American flank
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
Third Army (US)
VIII Corps of US 1st Army attacking around La Haye-du-Puits
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944: American flank
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
VII Corps of US 1st Army attacking toward Periers
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944: American flank
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
RAF Bomber Command sends 551 aircraft to attack V-weapons sites during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force conducting ground support missions, offensive sorties, and defensive patrols
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks V-weapons sites and other targets with 687 bombers in the morning
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
US 8th Air Force attacks V-weapons sites and other targets with 220 bombers in the afternoon
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
US 8th Air Force conducts more than 1000 fighter sorties escorting bombers and attacking ground targets, with five fighters lost
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
US 9th Air Force attacks V-weapons sites, bridges, rail yards, enemy positions, and other targets with 500 bombers and accompanying fighters
Normandy campaign, June - August 1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
English Channel
U-678 sunk by RCN destroyers Kootenay and Ottawa and RN corvette Statice
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United Kingdom
Churchill announces 2754 V-1 flying bombs have hit greater London area, killing 2752 people
United Kingdom: Home front and occupation
London during the war years
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Winston Churchill
RAF fighters claim 54 V-1 flying bombs downed
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Albania
Communist Albanian partisans continue to attack and occupy territory of Zogist Albanian partisans
Albania: Home front and occupation
Albania: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Albania: Partisans and special operations
Italy
British 8th Army captures Osimo and Poggio all'Olmo
Gustav Line and the pursuit north, May 1944 - August 1944
US 5th Army captures Castellina and attacks into Rosignano
Gustav Line and the pursuit north, May 1944 - August 1944
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack bridges, transportation lines, airfields, supply depots, and other targets including Viareggio and Massa Lombarda
Gustav Line and the pursuit north, May 1944 - August 1944
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
US 15th Air Force attacks Verona, Bergamo, and other targets with 530 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
Mediterranean Sea
Kriegsmarine 10th Torpedo Boat Flotilla begins conducting nightly minelaying and recon sorties
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
United States
De Gaulle meets with Roosevelt
Franco-American relations
Free France
Charles De Gaulle
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Roosevelt recommends to Chiang Kai-shek that General Stilwell should be put in direct command of all Chinese armed forces
China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Sino-American relations
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Chiang Kai-shek
General Joseph Stilwell
Pacific Ocean
IJN guardboat Takamiya Maru I-Go sunk by USN submarine Cobia
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Nauru Island
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack Japanese garrison
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Mariana Islands
4th Marine Division and 27th Infantry Division of US V Amphibious Corps attacking Japanese last-ditch positions on Saipan
Landings on Saipan, June - July 1944
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
General Saito makes final preparations for suicidal attacks by remnants of Japanese units and turns over command of Saipan to his chief of staff
Landings on Saipan, June - July 1944
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
General Saito and Admiral Nagumo (formerly commander of IJN 1st Carrier Striking Force at Pearl Harbor and Midway) commit hara-kiri
Landings on Saipan, June - July 1944
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Force 53 attack Japanese installations on Guam
Landings on Guam, July - August 1944
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Carrier-based aircraft from USN task force attack Japanese installations on Rota Island
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack targets on Saipan, Tinian, and Rota Island
Operations in the Mariana Islands, 1944
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Caroline Islands
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack 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 FEAF aircraft attack Yap Island and Woelai Atoll
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
New Guinea
2nd Battalion of US 158th Infantry Regiment lands without opposition on Noemfoor Island and captures Namber airfield
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Naval operations in Australian waters, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks
RAAF fighters begin using Kamiri airfield on Noemfoor Island
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
US 41st Infantry Division mopping up remnants of Japanese Biak Detachment on Biak Island
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack Wewak, Manokwari, and other targets
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East Indies
IJN destroyer Hokaze sunk by USN submarine Paddle
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
East China Sea
Japanese vessel Setsuzan Maru sunk by USN submarine Sealion
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Yellow Sea
Japanese vessel Dori Maru sunk by USN submarine Tang
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
China
Operation To-Go (Hengyang Operation): 40th Infantry Division of Japanese 11th Army reaches Chakiang
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
US 14th Air Force attacks Tungting Lake area and targets on the Yangtze River
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force aircraft attack Tengchung and drop supplies to Chinese units on the Salween front
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Operations in northern Burma, 1943 - 1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
US 10th Air Force attacks Japanese positions around Myitkyina with 52 aircraft
Operations in northern Burma, 1943 - 1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
India
Indian 33rd Corps reducing isolated remnants of Japanese forces around Ukhrul
Japanese invasion of India, 1944
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: 51
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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