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 Arctic Ocean
U-387 sunk by RN frigate Bamborough Castle
Naval operations in Arctic waters
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Russian Front
7th Guards Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front captures Balassagyarmat
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
46th Army of Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front captures Ercsi
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
German Feldherrnhalle Panzer Division and 13th Panzer Division counterattacking around Vac
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Germany
Two V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
US 8th Air Force attacks Stuttgart with 381 bombers escorted by 247 fighters
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 15th Air Force attacks Regensburg
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 15th Air Force attacks Linz, Villach, and targets near Vienna
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 60 aircraft to attack Berlin overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Berlin
Northwest Europe
US 9th Army regrouping
Aachen, Huertgen Forest, and the Roer River, September-December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
US 1st Army regrouping
Battle of the Huertgen Forest
Aachen, Huertgen Forest, and the Roer River, September-December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
US 3rd Army engaged around Dillengen, Sarreguemines, and Gros Rederching
Lorraine campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
US 7th Army captures Singling, Enchenberg, Lemberg, Niederbronn, and Bischwiller
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
French 1st Army attacking around Mittelwihr, Thann, and Lutterbach
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
US 9th Air Force aircraft support ground forces, attack multiple targets, fly escort, and conduct sweeps
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
North Sea
U-650 sunk by unknown cause in unknown location sometime after this date
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United Kingdom
Black-out regulations reduced
United Kingdom: Home front and occupation
Czechoslovakia
US 15th Air Force attacks Pilsen
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
Greece
RN cruiser Caledon and escorting warships bombard ELAS positions near Piraeus and Salamis
Greek Civil War and Allied intervention
Naval operations in the Aegean and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Yugoslavia
All German forces cleared from Serbia and Macedonia
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Yugoslavia: Partisans and special operations
Italy
German forces counterattacking British 8th Army
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
US 12th Air Force fighters attack targets in the Po valley in poor weather conditions
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
USN destroyers Madison and Charles F. Hughes bombard German positions near French border
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
United States
Convoy CU 50 departs New York City for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Convoy HX 325 departs New York City for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Solomon Islands
Australian II Corps moving against Japanese defenses around Torokina on Bougainville Island
Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945
New Guinea
RAAF aircraft attack airfields at Galela, Miti, and Hatetabako
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
Air operations in Australia, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks, 1942-1945
East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Borneo and elsewhere
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
RAAF aircraft attack Jolo Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army pushing toward Ormoc and clearing Buri airfield on Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Japanese reinforcements land at Palompon on Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Japan
IJN aircraft carrier Junyo damaged by USN submarines Red Devil and Redfish
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Malaya
RN submarine Porpoise conducts minelaying operations off Penang
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
China
Wedemeyer complains to Chiang Kai-shek that Chinese 5th Army and 53rd Army are not complying with order to defend Kunming
China - Burma - India theater and the Indian Ocean, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Sino-American relations
Chiang Kai-shek
General Albert Wedemeyer
US 14th Air Force attacks supply dumps, transportation lines, and other targets around Lipo, Tuhshan, Hochih, Kweiyi, Siangtan, Kweilin, Liuchow, Hengyang, Tuhshan, Chuchou, and elsewhere
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
British 36th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command occupies Indaw
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US and Chinese forces of Northern Combat Area Command attacking around Mo-hlaing and Bhamo
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US 10th Air Force attacks supply dumps, transportation lines, and other targets around Mongmit, Namyao, Man Mao, Etgyi, Namhsim, Tawma, and elsewhere
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Indian Ocean
Greek vessel Ilissos sunk by U-862 off southern coast of Australia
Naval operations in Australian waters, New Guinea, and the Bismarcks
Naval operations in the Indian Ocean and Bay of Bengal
U-Boat operations in the Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-862
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: 60,291
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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