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South Atlantic
Brazilian cruiser Bahia sunk by unknown cause with almost 300 crewmen lost
   Naval operations in the South Atlantic

Solomon Islands
Elements of Japanese 17th Army conduct unsuccessful counterattacks against Australian II Corps on Bougainville Island
   Northern Solomons campaign, October 1943 - August 1945

East Indies
Australian 7th Infantry Division captures Manggar in the Balikpapan sector on Borneo
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945

Dutch forces land north of Balikpapan on Borneo
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
   Naval operations in the East Indies

US FEAF aircraft support Australian operations around Balikpapan and attack other targets on Borneo
   Naval operations in the East Indies
   Air operations in the East Indies

USN minesweeper YMS-84 sunk by mine off Balikpapan on Borneo
   Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
   Naval operations in the East Indies

South China Sea
IJN auxiliary sub chaser Cha-50 sunk by USN submarine Bluefish
   Naval operations in East Asian waters
   United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945

Philippine Islands
US 5th Air Force fighters attack targets on Luzon
   Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
   Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945

Formosa
US FEAF bombers attack Okaseki, Takao, Toyohara, and Karenko
   Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945

Ryukyu Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks targets on Tokuno Island with B-25 bombers
   Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Japan
US 7th Air Force attacks targets on Honshu with B-24 bombers
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

US 7th Fighter Command attacks targets on Kyushu
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

Japanese vessel Nippu Maru sunk by mine
   Naval operations in Japanese waters

Five other Japanese vessels damaged by mines
   Naval operations in Japanese waters

US 20th Air Force attacks Sendai with 123 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 Wakayama with 108 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 Gifu with 129 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 Yokkaichi with 61 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 30 B-29 bombers
   Naval operations in Japanese waters
   Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945

China
General Imai conducts first of three secret meetings with Chinese representatives about reaching separate peace agreement and using Japanese troops against Mao's Chinese communist forces
   End of the war in Asia and the Pacific
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945: Politics and diplomacy
   Chinese Civil War, 1936-1949

US 14th Air Force attacks targets around Sinantien, Hengyang, Sinshih, Chihsien, Hankow, and elsewhere
   Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
   Air operations over China, 1937-1945

French Indochina
US 14th Air Force fighters attack several targets
   Operations in Indo-China, 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: 22
Total entries on file: 60,291
Updated: 21:34 Pacific Time on 15 May 2013

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Principal sources for this War Diary
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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