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 Soviet Union
Soviet court in Moscow finds 12 of 16 pro-Western Polish officials guilty of treasonous activities
Soviet Union: Occupied territories
Poland: Occupation, collaboration, and resistance
Soviet-Polish relations
Polish Home Army
Allied Reparations Commission opens first meeting in Moscow
Occupation of Germany
Germany
Remaining U-boats begin transferring to UK for final disposition
Naval operations in Northwest European waters, 1944-1945
The U-Boat war, 1939-1945
Caroline Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Truk Atoll with 24 B-24 bombers
Raids on Truk Atoll and lagoon
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
USN landing craft repair ship Endymion sunk by IJN submarine I-36
Operations in the Caroline Islands
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
East Indies
Australian 9th Infantry Division captures Seria in Brunei in northern Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Australian forces attack and destroy Japanese pocket on Labuan Island in Brunei Bay off Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
US FEAF aircraft attack Balikpapan and other targets on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
USN minesweeper YMS-365 damaged by shore battery off Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army advancing around Kiangan, Pingkian, and Susuga Pass 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
Formosa
US FEAF fighters attack Kagi, Mato, and targets of opportunity
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Ryukyu Islands
US 10th Army captures Hill 81 and Hill 89 and continues to attack remnants of Japanese 32nd Army around Hill 85 on Okinawa
Landings on Okinawa, April 1945
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
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
USN destroyer escort Halloran damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off 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
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN LSM-59 sunk by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off 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
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN transport Barry, already severely damaged and out of action, hit again by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off 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
Kamikaze forces and operations
USN seaplane tenders Curtiss and Kenneth Whiting damaged by Japanese kamikaze aircraft off 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
Kamikaze forces and operations
Japan
Japanese vessel Hizen Maru sunk by USN submarine Parche
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
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
East China Sea
USN PB4Y-2 aircraft conduct minelaying operations
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
French Indochina
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation lines and other targets
Operations in Indo-China, 1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
China
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation lines, shipping, and other targets at multiple locations
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
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: 24
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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