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 Russian Front
Soviet 2nd Ukrainian Front attacking north of Budapest
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front attacking south of Budapest
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Baltic Sea
RAF Bomber Command sends 14 aircraft on minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
Germany
Thirteen 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 Cologne with 32 bombers
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Eighth Air Force: Operations and missions
Strategic bombing of Cologne
US 8th Air Force attacks Koblenz with 102 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 Kaiserlautern with 74 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 Mainz with 157 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 Bonn and targets of opportunity with 24 bombers
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 and Odertal
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 Graz, Vienna, and other targets
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 40 aircraft to attack Nuremburg overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 16 aircraft to attack Munster overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 236 aircraft to attack Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Kriegsmarine training ship Schleswig-Holstein sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Zahringen sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Kriegsmarine torpedo boat T-10 sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
U-262 sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Kriegsmarine depot ship Waldemar Kophamel sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Unitas sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Warthe sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Leverkusen sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Theresia L. M. Russ sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Heinz Horn sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
German vessel Blexen sunk by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Several smaller vessels sunk and damaged by RAF Bomber Command aircraft at Gotenhafen (Gdynia) overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
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 9th Army captures Wurm and Muellendorf
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Battle of the Bulge: German 6th Panzer Army attacking US 1st Army around Krinkelt, Malmedy, Stavelot, and Stoumont
Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - February 1945
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Battle of the Bulge: German 5th Panzer Army attacking US 1st Army around St Vith, Houffalize, and Bastogne
Battle of the Bulge, December 1944 - February 1945
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
US 3rd Army captures Dillingen and Nieder Gailbach
Lorraine campaign, September - December 1944
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
US 7th Army attacking into Budenthal
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
French 1st Army captures Ammerschwihr
Alsace campaign, September - December 1944
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Luftwaffe mounts more than 500 sorties in support of ground offensive
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
RAF 2nd Tactical Air Force attacking ground targets and flying sweeps
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fighter Command / 2nd Tactical Air Force: Operations and missions
US 9th Air Force aircraft provide ground support, attack multiple targets, conduct armed recon missions, and fly sweeps, claiming over 40 Luftwaffe aircraft downed
Winter battles in Northwest Europe, December 1944 - March 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
US vessel Steel Traveller sunk by mine in Scheldt Estuary
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
English Channel
British vessel Silverlaurel sunk by U-486
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
United Kingdom
Convoy ON 273 departs Southend for New York City
Atlantic convoys
U-1209 runs into Wolf Rock off Cornwall and sinks
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Poland
US 15th Air Force attacks Auschwitz
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
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
Hungary
US 15th Air Force attacks Sopron
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in the Balkans, the Aegean, and the Adriatic, 1942-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
Italy
US 12th Air Force aircraft provide ground support and attack targets in the Po valley
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
United States
Supreme Court rules in two cases that while the exclusion and internment program is constitutional, internment of loyal citizens is illegal
United States: Home front and occupation
Japanese-American internment
Pacific Ocean
USN 3rd Fleet, retiring from operations in the Philippines in order to replenish, slammed by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
USN destroyer Hull sunk by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
USN destroyer Monaghan sunk by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
USN destroyer Spence sunk by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
Eight USN aircraft carriers, a light cruiser, seven destroyers, three destroyer escorts, and other vessels damaged by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
Approximately 150 carrier-based aircraft destroyed by typhoon
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Storms at sea
East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack airfields on Borneo and Ceram Island and other targets
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army captures Valencia and its airfield on Leyte Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Mindanao Island, Leyte Island, and elsewhere
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
IJN midget sub Ha-76 unsuccessfully attacks USN warships and shipping off Mindoro Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
Japan
US 20th Air Force attacks Nagoya and other targets with 73 B-29 bombers flying from the Marianas, with four lost
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Keisho Maru sunk by US aircraft off Nagoya
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
French Indochina
US 14th Air Force fighters conduct attacks
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
China
US 20th Air Force attacks Hankow with 84 B-29 bombers flying from Chengtu and dropping incendiaries for the first time
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks Hankow with 33 B-24 bombers
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force fighters claim 25 Japanese aircraft downed over Hankow
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks Wuchang with 23 bombers
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks Siaokan and Kunlong with 13 bombers
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks Kunlong with 20 fighters dropping napalm
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force fighters also attacks targets around Hochih, Nanning, Mengmao, and elsewhere
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
British 15th Corps advancing around Seinnyinbya in the Arakan
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US 10th Air Force attacks bridges at Wetlet and Saye with 12 bombers
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks bridges at Hinlong and Wingkang with 17 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks airfield at Nanwghkio with 11 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks airfield at Anisakan, Hsumhsai, and Nawnghkio with 12 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force provides ground support for operations around Namhkam with 9 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attack Japanese positions around Man Ton and Hseing-hkai with 17 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks targets around Wanling
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: 74
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013
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Browning. US Merchant Vessel Casualties of World War II
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Hammel. Air War Pacific
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Rohwer. Axis Submarine Successes of World War Two
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Various other Chronology volumes also served as sources.
Many additional volumes were consulted for specific topics.
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