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 United States
Major Richard Bong, leading American ace with 40 victories, killed during test flight of jet fighter
United States: Home front and occupation
Wake Island
Aircraft from USN aircraft carrier Intrepid, en route from Pearl Harbor to the western Pacific, attack Japanese garrison
Naval operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
New Guinea
Australian 6th Infantry Division captures Numoikum village
Operations in Northeast New Guinea and Netherlands New Guinea, 1943-1945
East Indies
USN submarine Bullhead sunk off Bali, probably by Japanese aircraft
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
United States submarine war against Japan, 1941-1945
Japaneses vessel No. 15 Eigyo Maru sunk by RAAF aircraft
Operations in the East Indies, 1942-1945
Naval operations in the East Indies
Air operations in the East Indies
Philippine Islands
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Negros Island
Philippines campaign, 1944-1945
Air operations in the Philippines, 1944-1945
Japan
US 20th Air Force B-29 bomber nicknamed Enola Gay, piloted by Col Paul Tibbets and accompanied by two observation aircraft, drops first atomic bomb, nicknamed Little Boy, on Hiroshima
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945
Col. Paul Tibbets
Approximately 60 percent of Hiroshima destroyed, and about 70,000 - 80,000 people killed immediately
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
B-29 raids on Japanese Home Islands, 1944-1945
Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, August 1945
US FEAF aircraft attack targets on Kyushu
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
US 20th Air Force P-51 fighters based on Iwo Jima attack targets around Tokyo
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel No. 7 Shintain Maru sunk by US FEAF aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel Kowa Maru sunk by US FEAF aircraft
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Air operations over the Japanese Home Islands, 1942-1945
Japanese vessel No. 2 Chokai Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel Isojima Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Japanese vessel No. 2 Kozan Maru sunk by mine
Naval operations in Japanese waters
Korea
US FEAF aircraft attack targets along the coast
Air operations in the Central and Western Pacific Area, 1941-1945
China
Carrier-based aircraft from USN Task Group 95.3 attack Japanese shipping at Tinghai harbor
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Naval operations in Chinese waters, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US FEAF aircraft attack targets around Shanghai
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
Air operations in the China - Burma - India theater
US 14th Air Force attacks targets around Tehsien, Suchow, Anyang, Kaifeng, Loyang, and elsewhere with ten fighters
Sino-Japanese War, 1937-1945
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: 19
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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