Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 12, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians recapture Zhitomir, west of Kiev, thereby cutting vital Leningrad-Odessa railway. Sea War Indian Ocean: British submarine Taurus

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 11, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US carrier planes batter Japanese shipping, defences and airfields at Rabaul. 108 Japanese planes (33 lost) attack carrier group

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 10, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector – Battle of Cherkassy: Russian paratroops drop near Cherkassy, south of Dnieper River; and link up with partisans.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 9, 1943: Politics USA – UNRRA Agreement: 44 Allied and Associated States establish United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 8, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Abortive combined operation by U-boats and Condor aircraft west of Portugal (night November 8-9). RAF B-17 Fortress from Azores

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 7, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army reaches river Sangro.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 6, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: RUSSIANS CAPTURE KIEV. Sea War Pacific: Japanese reinforcements land on Bougainville. Mediterranean: Troopships Marnix van St Aldegonde and

WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 5, 1943: Sea War Pacific: 6 Japanese cruisers damaged by US carrier planes at Rabaul. Atlantic: Captain Walker’s 2nd Support Group saves Convoy HX.264

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 4, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: American troops cross upper Volturno River. Air War Germany: 527 RAF bombers attacking Duesseldorf and dropping 2,234t of bombs.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 3, 1943: Air War Germany: 500 B-17 Fortress and 100 B-24 Liberator bombers, heavily escorted by P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt escort-fighters, bomb Wilhelmshaven

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 2, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British blockade-runner Master Standfast – 1 of 5 fast boats plying between Hull and Lysekil (Sweden) – captured

WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 1, 1943: Sea War Pacific – Operation Cherry Blossom: AMERICAN MARINES LAND ON BOUGAINVILLE, largest Solomons Island. Warships and carrier planes bombard Buka airfield.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 31, 1943: Sea War Merchant shipping losses in October 1943: 13 Allied ships with 61,085 tons in Atlantic, 16 Allied ships with 78,776 tons

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 30, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians now control several bridgeheads on right bank of Lower Dnieper, together with entire left bank, except for

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 29, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Port of Mondragone captured by 5th US Army.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 28, 1943: Home Fronts USA: 530,000 coal miners on strike; Roosevelt commandeers mines, November 1; strike ends November 3. New Zealand: Butter rationed.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 27, 1943: Sea War Pacific: NZ forces land in Treasury lsland (Solomons). Home Fronts Britain: Death of (Miss) Radclyffe Hall, notorious author of ‘Well

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 26, 1943: Home Fronts India: Wavell visits famine-stricken areas in Bengal; relief camps to be established.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 25, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: Russians recapture Dnepropetrovsk Dam. Occupied Territories Burma: Burma-Siam Railway (‘Death Railway’) completed by Allied PoWs and native coolies.

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 24, 1943: Sea War: North Sea: 32 German E-boats (2 lost) make unsuccessful attack on convoy off Cromer (night October 24-25).