Diary WW2

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 28, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: British sloop Egret sunk by Hs 293 glider-bombs, launched from Do 217s (first used on August 25). Eastern Front

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 27, 1943: Air War Germany: 621 RAF bombers attacking Nuremberg (night August 27-28) and dropping 1,671t of bombs. Politics France: Committee of National Liberation

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians launch general offensive into East Ukraine and across river Dnieper using 4 ‘Fronts’ and elements of ‘Central

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 25, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: Mountbatten appointed Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia. Occupied Territories Denmark: Shipyard workers on strike. Pacific Solomons: End of Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1943: Air War Germany: 625 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,765t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Himmler appointed Minister of the Interior.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 23, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: KHARKOV RECAPTURED BY RED ARMY. Air War Britain: Mosquito night-fighters shoot down 4 Me 410 fighter-bombers attacking East

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 22, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-26 Marauders and Wellington bombers attack Salerno railway yards.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 21, 1943: Politics USA: Gromyko becomes Soviet Ambassador in Washington. Home Fronts Australia – General Election: Curtin’s Labour Party wins decisive victory. Opposition Leader,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 20, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US medium bombers raid Benevento marshalling yards, north of Naples. Home Fronts Finland: Peace petition handed to Prime Minister

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 19, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture Mt Tambu; Japanese retreat to river Francisco (August 19-26). Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberators

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 18, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: British submarine Saracen sunk by Italian corvette Minerva off Bastia. Politics Portugal: Anglo-Portuguese Agreement on establishment of air bases

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 17, 1943: Air War Germany – FIRST SCHWEINFURT RAID: 230 8th USAAF B-17 Fortress bomb ball-bearing works at Schweinfurt and 146 B-17s bomb Regensburg;

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 16, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Anti-Fascist parties issue joint demand for peace and release of political prisoners. Pacific New Guinea: Australian and American troops

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 15, 1943: Mediterranean Sicily: Allies capture Milazzo and Taormina and threaten Axis rearguard around Messina from west and south. Air War Britain: 90-plane raid

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 14, 1943: Politics Canada – FIRST QUEBEC CONFERENCE (‘Quadrant’): Churchill and Roosevelt decide to launch cross-Channel invasion (Overlord), May 1, 1944 employing artificial harbours

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 13, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Convoy MKS.21 attacked by He 111 torpedo planes of KG 26. Germans claim devastating results, but only 2 ships

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 12, 1943: Air War Germany: 330 heavy bombers of 8th AF (25 lost) despatched to the Ruhr and Bonn. Strong defences, thick cloud and

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 11, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: German forces in Kharkov face threat of encirclement; Poltava-Kharkov railway cut in 3 places, west of city. Sea

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 10, 1943: Air War Germany: First of 2 massive RAF night raids on Nuremberg in August; total of 3,444t bombs dropped for the loss

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 9, 1943: Air War Germany: RAF night raids on Mannheim and Ludwigshafen.