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 United States
Ratification of charter of the United Nations at San Francisco conference
San Francisco conference, April-June 1945
United Nations
Aleutian Islands
USN Task Force 92 sorties from Attu Island for operations in the North Pacific
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
East Indies
USN and RAN warships of Task Force 74 bombard targets around Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
USN underwater demolition teams begin operations along beaches at Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack Balikpapan and other targets on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack Mandai airfield on Celebes Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 6th Army captures Gattaron, Tuguegarao, and Penablanca 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 attacks Ensuiko overnight
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Ryukyu Islands
US 10th Army continues mopping up operations 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 mopping up 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
Japan
Japanese vessel No. 5 Ise Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Anri Go sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Kozan Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
IJN escort destroyer Kuga damaged by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
US 20th Air Force conducts minelaying operations overnight with 26 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
Korea
Japanese vessel Katori Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
China
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation lines, river traffic, Japanese positions, and other targets throughout southern and eastern China with more than 100 aircraft
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
Burma
British 12th Army reaches milestone 27 on the Mawchi road but halts advance there due to monsoon conditions
Allied return to Burma and beyond, 1944-1945
India
British commanders complete planning for Operation Zipper, the invasion of Malaya
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: 22
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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