15 Jul 1938
- Werner Mölders scored his first aerial victory near Algar, Spain; the victim was an I-15 fighter. ww2dbase [Werner Mölders | CPC]
- Hiroshi Nemoto was promoted to the rank of Brigadier General while in China. ww2dbase [Hiroshi Nemoto | CPC]
- Representatives from the United States, United Kingdom, France, and 29 other nations met at Évian-les-Bains, France to discuss the issue of Jewish refugees fleeing out of Germany; no solid conclusion was reached. ww2dbase [Discovery of Concentration Camps and the Holocaust | Évian-les-Bains, Rhône-Alpes | CPC]
- Crown Prince Yi Un was promoted to the rank of major general in the Japanese Army. ww2dbase [Yi Un | CPC]
- General Kotaro Nakamura was named the commanding officer of the Japanese Chosen Army in occupied Korea, relieving Kuniaki Koiso. ww2dbase [CPC]
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