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 Germany
Luftwaffe Field Marshal Richthofen dies of a brain tumor while in US custody
Occupation of Germany
Wolfram von Richthofen
Alaska
USN patrol frigates (aka corvettes) Charlottesville, Long Beach, Belfast, Glendale, San Pedro, Coronado, Ogden, Allentown, Machias, and Sandusky transferred to Soviet Pacific fleet and depart for Soviet Union
North Pacific Area operations, 1941-1945
Naval operations in the North Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Soviet-American relations
East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Borneo
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US 5th Air Force aircraft attack targets on Luzon and Negros Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Formosa
US FEAF attacks Toshien, Taiharo, and other targets with bombers and fighters
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
Ryukyu Islands
US 7th Air Force attacks Amami Islands with 47 B-24 bombers
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US 7th Air Force headquarters opens on Okinawa
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Seventh Air Force (US)
Japan
Emperor Hirohito wishes Soviet government to mediate suitable end of hostilities with the Allies, and Japanese ambassador in Moscow ordered to meet with Molotov
End of the war in Asia and the Pacific
Japanese-Soviet relations
Emperor Hirohito
US 7th Air Force attacks targets on Kyushu with B-25 bombers and A-26 bombers
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US FEAF fighters conduct sweeps across Kyushu
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel No. 3 Fukushin Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Kojun Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Mitsu Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Two other Japanese vessels damaged by mines
Naval operations in Japanese waters
US 20th Air Force attacks Utsunomiya with 115 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 Ichinomiya 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 Tsuruga with 92 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 Uwajima 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 Kawasaki with 53 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 targets of opportunity with 11 B-29 bombers overnight
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
China
Kweilin-Liuchow operations: Chinese 29th Army recovers Chungtu
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
US FEAF attacks Canton with B-24 bombers
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations over China, 1937-1945
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation lines, river traffic, Japanese positions, and other targets
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations over China, 1937-1945
French Indochina
US 14th Air Force attacks targets in Tonkin
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: 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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