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 Soviet Union
Opening of treaty negotiations between Moscow and Nationalist China
Soviet-Chinese relations
East Indies
Australian 26th Infantry Brigade patrols and mops up Japanese stragglers on Tarakan Island
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
USN Task Group 78.2 lands Australian forces near Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
USN Task Group 78.2 provdes naval gunfire support for Australian forces near Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
US FEAF supports Australian landing at Balikpapan on Borneo with attacks by 83 B-24 bombers
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
USAAF, USN, and USMC fighters support Australian landing at Balikpapan on Borneo
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Australian 7th Infantry Division lands near Balikpapan on Borneo
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Australian 7th Infantry Division meets minimal resistance on the beaches
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Australian 7th Infantry Division repulses Japanese counterattack against Balikpapan beachhead on Borneo overnight
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
US FEAF aircraft also attack other targets on Borneo
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Celebes Island
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
USN Task Force 38 sorties for operations against the Japanese Home Islands
Naval operations in the Philippines, 1942-1945
US 5th Air Force fighters attack various targets
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Japan
US 7th Air Force attacks Chiran airfield on Kyushu with 33 B-25 bombers
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US 7th Fighter Command attacks targets with 84 fighters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Tenyu Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Naoshima Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Two other Japanese vessels damaged by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
US 20th Air Force attacks Kumamoto with 154 B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 20th Air Force attacks Ube with 100 B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 20th Air Force attacks Shimonoseki with 126 B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 20th Air Force attacks Kure with 152 B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
Japanese vessel Himetaka Maru sunk by US 20th Air Force B-29 bombers at Kure overnight
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 20th Air Force attacks targets of opportunity with nine B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
US 20th Air Force conducts minelaying operations overnight with 24 B-29 bombers
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
East China Sea
USN PB4Y-2 aircraft conclude minelaying operations
Naval operations in East Asian waters
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Shinneisho Maru sunk by US FEAF aircraft at mouth of the Yangtze River
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Yellow Sea
IJN Coast Defense Vessel No. 72 sunk by USN submarine Haddo
Naval operations in East Asian waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Konri Maru sunk by USN submarine Haddo
Naval operations in East Asian waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 1 Taiun Maru sunk by USN submarine Haddo
Naval operations in East Asian waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel No. 2 Taiun Maru sunk by USN submarine Haddo
Naval operations in East Asian waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Burma
Isolated remnants of Japanese 28th Army rallying in the Pegu Yomas in preparation for breaking out to the east
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: 32
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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