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 France
De Gaulle agrees to withdraw French Army Detachment of the Alps from Italian territory
International relations: Post-war
Charles De Gaulle
Kuril Islands
US 11th Air Force attacks targets with 14 bombers
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Soviet Union
Evading Japanese interceptors over the Kuril Islands, one US 11th Air Force bomber shot down by Soviet AA fire and another crash lands at Petropavlovsk
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Air operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Solomon Islands
Australian II Corps attacking toward Hari against Japanese 17th Army on Bougainville Island
Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945
East Indies
USN Task Group 74.3 bombards targets along Brunei Bay in northern Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Borneo and Labuan Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Japanese vessel Koryu Maru sunk by USAAF aircraft off Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Japanese No. 423 Shuttle Boat sunk by USAAF aircraft off Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Japanese No. 444 Shuttle Boat sunk by USAAF aircraft off Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army captures Bagabag on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft support 6th Army operations on Luzon
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
US FEAF aircraft support 8th Army operations on Mindanao Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
USMC aircraft support 8th Army operations on Mindanao Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Ryukyu Islands
US 10th Army clearing Oroku peninsula against strong opposition and pushing against final Japanese 32nd Army defensive line across southern Okinawa
Landings on Okinawa, April 1945
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
USN Task Group 31.25 lands regiment of 2nd Marine Division on Aguni Shima
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
USN carrier-based aircraft and land-based USMC aircraft support 10th Army operations on Okinawa
Landings on Okinawa, April 1945
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US aircraft attack airfields in the Sakishima Islands
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 38.4 attack Okino Daito Shima
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
USN warships bombard Okino Daito Shima
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japan
US 20th Air Force attacks three aircraft factories with 110 B-29 bombers
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 7th Air Force attacks targets on Kyushu with 20 P-47 fighters based on Ie Shima
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US 7th Fighter Command attacks Kagamingahara airfield with 57 Iwo Jima-based P-51 fighters, claiming more than 20 aircraft destroyed on the ground
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Kamishika Maru sunk by USN submarine Tench off Hokkaido
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 35 Banshu Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Inaura Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
US 20th Air Force conducts minelaying operations overnight with 27 B-29 bombers
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Sea of Japan
Nine USN submrines organized into three task groups begin coordinated operations
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Hokuto Maru sunk by USN submarine Crevalle
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Sagawa Maru sunk by USN submarine Sea Dog
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Shoyo Maru sunk by USN submarine Sea Dog
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Wakatama Maru sunk by USN submarine Tinosa
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 5 Kaishin Maru sunk by USN aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
East China Sea
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 41 sunk by USN submarine Sea Owl
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
China
US 14th Air Force attacks multiple targets with 60 fighters
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
British 12th Army, gradually dealing with remnants of Japanese forces in monsoon weather conditions, captures Kalaw
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
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: 35
Total entries on file: 60,294
Updated: 20:42 Pacific Time on 17 June 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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