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 Russian Front
Polish 1st Army of Soviet 1st Byelorussian Front assaulting Kolberg
Soviet advance to the Oder, January - April 1945
According to Soviet reckoning, Vienna offensive commences this date
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Soviet 3rd Ukrainian Front opens offensive against German 6th Army between Szekesfehervar and Mor
Southern flank of the Russian Front, 1944-1945
Baltic Sea
U-367 sunk by mine
Naval operations in the Baltic Sea
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Germany
Hitler orders Ribbentrop to stop extending peace feelers to the Soviets via Sweden
End of the war in Europe
Russo-German War, 1941-1945: Politics and diplomacy
Adolf Hitler
Joachim von Ribbentrop
Seven V-2 rocket launches against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
US 15th Air Force attacks Vienna and other targets
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Fifteenth Air Force: Operations and missions
US 12th Air Force aircraft attack targets across the border from Italy
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
RAF Bomber Command sends 293 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 236 aircraft to attack Wurzburg overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
RAF Bomber Command sends 56 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
RAF Bomber Command sends 24 aircraft to attack Hanua overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
Netherlands
Eight V-2 rocket launches against England
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
One V-2 rocket launch against Antwerp
V-weapons offensive and defenses, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Northwest Europe
British 2nd Army regrouping and preparing for assault crossing of the Rhine
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 1st Army expanding bridgehead across the Rhine, attacking around Konigswinter, Hovel, Aegidienberg, Kalenborn, Vettelschoss, Strodt, and Honningen
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 3rd Army pushing across the Moselle River toward the southeast, attacking into outskirts of Koblenz
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 7th Army captures Bitche, Zinswiller, Oberbronn, and Mertzwiller
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
US 9th Air Force aircraft fly armed recon, escort, patrols, sweeps, leaflet missions, ground support, and tactical bombing missions including more than 280 bomber sorties
From the Rhine to V-E Day, March - May 1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
British vessel Boston Salvor wrecked by V-1 flying bomb at Antwerp
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
SHAEF reports it is attempting to cope with 58,000 displaced persons
End of the war in Europe
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
North Sea
One Kriegsmarine two-man Seehund submarine sorties against Allied shipping
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Germany: Special naval forces
Kriegsmarine sub chaser UJ-1105 sunk by Allied aircraft
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
RAF Bomber Command sends 24 aircraft to conduct minelaying operations overnight
Strategic bombing of Germany and occupied Europe
Air operations in Northwest Europe, 1944-1945
Bomber Command: Operations and missions
English Channel
One Kriegsmarine two-man Seehund submarine sorties against Allied shipping
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
Germany: Special naval forces
Hebrides Islands
British vessel Inger Toft sunk by U-722
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Gibraltar
Convoy MKS 89 departs Gibraltar for Liverpool
Atlantic convoys
Yugoslavia
US 15th Air Force attacks Zagreb
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 attack transportation lines, supply depots, and other targets throughout northern Italy
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Kriegsmarine minesweeper R-14 sunk by Allied aircraft at Monfalcone
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
Unfinished U-boat UIT-6 (ex Italian) sunk by Allied aircraft at Monfalcone
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Unfinished U-boat UIT-7 (ex Italian) sunk by Allied aircraft at Monfalcone
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Unfinished U-boat UIT-8 (ex Italian) sunk by Allied aircraft at Monfalcone
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Unfinished U-boat UIT-9 (ex Italian) sunk by Allied aircraft at Monfalcone
Gothic Line to the Alps, August 1944 - May 1945
Naval operations in Italian waters, 1943-1945
Air operations in the Italian campaign, 1943-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack airfields on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
South China Sea
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 69, previously damaged by USN aircraft, sinks in tow off Hong Kong
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army makes limited progress on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Detachment of US 8th Army lands on Basilan Island without opposition
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack multiple targets and support US 6th Army operations on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack airfields on Negros Island and Cebu Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Formosa
US FEAF attacks Heito, Okayama, and Taihoku with 86 B-24 bombers
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Volcano Islands
Iwo Jima declared secure, but US V Amphibious Corps continues attacking Japanese positions on northern tip of the island
Landings on Iwo Jima, February 1945
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
USN LST-928 damaged by grounding off Iwo Jima
Landings on Iwo Jima, February 1945
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Bonin Islands
US 7th Air Force aircraft attack Chichi Jima
Air operations over Chichi Jima
Operations in the Bonin Islands and Volcano Islands, 1944-1945
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japan
US 20th Air Force attacks Kobe overnight with 307 B-29 bombers dropping incendiaries from low altitude
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
IJN guardboat No. 19 Gokoku Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
East China Sea
Japanese vessel No. 1 Nanryu Maru sunk by Allied aircraft
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
China
US 14th Air Force attacks Shihkiachwang with 32 B-24 bombers
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
Chinese 50th Infantry Division of Northern Combat Area Command enters Hsipaw
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
British 14th Army artillery and RAF aircraft blasting Japanese 15th Army positions in Mandalay
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Japanese 33rd Army attacking British 14th Army around Meiktila
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
US 10th Air Force supports ground operations around Hsipaw with 23 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force attacks Panghai with 12 B-25 bombers
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 10th Air Force conducts sweeps against road transport with 40 fighters
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
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: 54
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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