Diary September 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 24, 1943: Sea War North Sea: Operation Probestueck (‘Test Piece’). 29 German E-boats lay mines off Harwich.
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Diary September 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 23, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army launches offensive north of Salerno. Sea War Mediterranean: Destroyer Eclipse sinks German torpedo boat and prison ship …
Diary September 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 22, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: RUSSIAN 13TH ARMY CROSSES RIVER DNIEPER, south of Kiev – penetrating so-called ‘Eastern Rampart’ defences along right bank. …
Diary September 21, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 21, 1943: Sea War Arctic: German battleship Tirpitz disabled by ‘X-Craft’ (British midget submarines) in Alta Fjord, North Norway. Pacific: Australian commandos enter Singapore …
Diary September 20, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 20, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British and US troops link up at Eboli. Sea War Indian Ocean: Italian submarine Cagni surrenders at Durban (South Africa).
Diary September 19, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 19, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 20 U-boats deployed against convoys ON.202 and ONS.18 (September 19-23). Germans claim outstanding successes with acoustic torpedoes against escorting …
Diary September 18, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 18, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: 5th Army captures Battipaglia. Germans retreat from Salerno bridgehead. Sea War Atlantic: RESUMPTION OF ‘WOLF-PACK’ OPERATIONS AGAINST CONVOYS following re-equipment …
Diary September 17, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 17, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: BRYANSK CAPTURED BY RUSSIANS. Mediterranean Italy: Patrols of Allied 5th and 8th Armies link up near Agropoli, south …
Diary September 16, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 16, 1943: Occupied Territories Yugoslavia: Split occupied by Tito’s Partisans (recaptured by Germans, September 28). Italy: Suicide of Marshal Cavallero, ex-Chief of Italian General …
Diary September 15, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 15, 1943: Home Fronts Italy: Mussolini re-establishes Fascist regime in North Italy – along ‘National Socialist’ lines, as the ‘Italian Social Republic’ (Repubblica Sociale …
Diary September 14, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 14, 1943: Sea War Indian Ocean: U-boat group Monsun (‘Monsoon’) begins operations; 6 ships sunk during October. All except U-533 (lost) then go to …
Diary September 13, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 13, 1943: Medierranean Italy: Panzers counter-attack and seriously threaten Salerno bridgehead (September 13-14). Allied naval and air forces bombard advancing Germans ’round-the-clock’. Home Fronts …
Diary September 12, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 12, 1943: Secret War Italy: MUSSOLINI RESCUED by Skorzeny and SS detachment from Gran Sasso in Abruzzi Mountains. Ex-Duce flown out in Storch aircraft. …
Diary September 11, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 11, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: Do 217s of KG 100 (formerly KGr 100) commence series of attacks on Allied fleet off Salerno, using Fritz …
Diary September 10, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 10, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British capture Salerno. Germans occupy Rome and disarm Italian armed forces in the North. Sea War Mediterranean: Huge crowds watch …
