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 United Kingdom
Clement Attlee replaces Churchill as prime minister and forms new government
United Kingdom: Home front and occupation
United Kingdom: Politics
Winston Churchill
Clement R. Attlee
East Indies
US FEAF aircraft attack Pontianak airfield on Borneo
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Japanese vessel sunk by RN submarine Tudor off Java
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Ryukyu Islands
US vessel John A. Rawlings damaged by Japanese aircraft off Okinawa and subsequently written off
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US vessel Pratt Victory damaged by Japanese aircraft off Ie Shima
Operations in the Ryukyu Islands, 1945
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japan
US FEAF attacks targets on Kyushu with more than 150 fighters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US FEAF attacks Kagoshima and nearby targets with more than 60 B-24 bombers and accompanying fighters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
IJN auxiliary sub chaser No. 40 Giso Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel T-176 sunk by US aircraft off Kyushu
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Doshi Maru sunk by US aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Chikuzen Maru sunk by USN submarine Pogy off Honshu
Naval operations in Japanese waters
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japanese vessel Unten Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Meiko Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel No. 55 Banshu 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 conducts minelaying operations overnight with 25 B-29 bombers
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
China
Kweilin-Liuchow operations: Chinese forces reach outskirts of Kweilin
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Chinese forces capture Tanchuk airfield
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
US 14th Air Force attacks transportation lines, river traffic, and other targets around Siaokan, Sinyang, and elsewhere
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations over China, 1937-1945
French Indochina
US 14th Air Force aircraft attack various 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: 20
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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