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 Arctic Ocean
Norwegian corvette Tunsberg Castle sunk by mine
Russian Front
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attacking north of Budapest
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front, including 46th Army transferred from 2nd Ukrainian Front, attacking south of Budapest
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine destroyers conduct minelaying operations
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine destroyer Z-35 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Kriegsmarine destroyer Z-36 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
German vessel Eberhard sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
U-479 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
U-416 sunk in accidental collision with minesweeper M-203
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Germany
Five V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Hitler postpones Ardennes offensive to 16 December
Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - February 1945
Adolf Hitler
US 8th Air Force attacks Merseburg with 337 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Hanau with 270 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Aschaffenburg with 69 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks Darmstadt with 461 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force attacks other targets with 60 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 8th Air Force loses a total of four bombers and seven out of 831 fighter escorts
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 Blechhammer
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 140 aircraft to attack Witten during the day
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Luftwaffe loses nine 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
RAF Bomber Command sends 540 aircraft to attack Essen overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 49 aircraft to attack Osnabruck overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Netherlands
One V-2 rocket launch against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Northwest Europe
US 1st Army captures Pier and attacks around Mariaweiler, Hoven, Dueren, and Derichsweiler
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 fighting around Dillengen, the Blies, Habkirchen, and Bliesbruck
Lorraine campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
US 7th Army attacking Bettviller, Soufflenheim, and Seltz
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
French 1st Army continues reducing Colmar pocket, but with less ambitious plan and without 1st Corps
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force Ramrod operation
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 9th Air Force aircraft support ground operations, attack other targets, and conduct armed recon missions
Autumn campaigns in Northwest Europe, September - December 1944
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Belgium
V-2 rocket hits crowded theater in Antwerp, causing 1000 casualties
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
North Sea
Kriegsmarine S-boat S-198 sunk by Allied aircraft
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
United Kingdom
Convoy UC 48B departs Liverpool for New York City
Atlantic convoys
Czechoslovakia
US 15th Air Force attacks Moravska-Ostrava
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
Greece
Greek communist forces request a ceasefire
Greece: Home front and occupation
Greek Civil War and Allied intervention
Italy
Alexander takes command of Allied Mediterranean theater
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander
British 8th Army fighting around Fosso Vecchio canal and Naviglio canal
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
British 13th Corps of US 5th Army under attack around Monte Cerere
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Algeria
Convoy GUS 61 departs Oran for Hampton Roads
Naval operations in the Mediterranean, 1943-1945
Atlantic convoys
Chile
Government establishes diplomatic relations with Soviet Union
Chile
New Guinea
US FEAF aircraft attack Efman airfield
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 Celebes Island and the Molucca Islands
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army improving positions around Ormoc Bay on Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
USMC aircraft attack Japanese reinforcement convoy
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
IJN destroyer Yuzuki sunk by US aircraft off Cebu Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Japanese vessel T-159 sunk by US aircraft off Camotes Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Japanese aircraft attempt to attack US convoy in Ormoc Bay but they are intercepted by USMC fighters and driven off with 11 claimed downed
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
USN destroyer Caldwell damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Kamikaze forces and operations
IJN destroyer Uzuki sunk by USN PT-490 and PT-492 off Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack airfields on Negros Island and Mindanao Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Volcano Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Iwo Jima with 24 B-24 bombers
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
China
Operation To-Go (Hunan-Kwangsi Operation): Elements of Chinese 4th War Area recover Nantan
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
US 14th Air Force attacks supply depots at Kutkai and conducts armed recon missions around Wan Pa-Hsa, Chiengmai, Sinantien, Paoching, Hengyang, Changsha, Kweilin, Nantan, Hochih, Szeenhsien, and elsewhere
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
US 10th Air Force attacks supply depots near Lashio with 11 bombers
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks bridges at Namyao, Inailong, Kunlong, and elsewhere with 20 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force also attacks Japanese positions, transportation targets, and supply depots around Sedo, Pale, Chaunggyi, Tada-u, Hsenwi, Shwebo, and Thabyetha with 40 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
RAF aircraft attack a bridge in the Kaladan valley
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Japanese aircraft attack a bridge over the Chindwin River with 15 Ki-43s
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
RN Task Force 64 with destroyers Napier and Nepal and supporting warships bombards Japanese positions along the Arakan coast in support of 15th Corps operations
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
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: 58
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013
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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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