09-1943

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 […]

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 9, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean – ALLIES LAND AT SALERNO: US 5th Army (Lt.Gen. Mark Clark) and British 10th Corps land at Salerno, south

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 8, 1943: Politics SURRENDER OF ITALY: Eisenhower makes a public announcement in Algiers. Italian Armistice Terms: 13 points inc. immediate cessation of hostilities; Italy

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 7, 1943: Air War Germany: 365 RAF bombers attacking Munich and dropping 1,020t of bombs. Politics USA: Correspondence published concerning US refusal to supply

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 6, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russian advance southeast of Smolensk temporarily halted by defence line from Yelnya to river Desna. Air War Mediterranean:

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 5, 1943: Eastern Front Central sector: Russian 50th Army launches 2-pronged outflanking operations east of Bryansk. Air War Pacific: US paratroops land near Lae

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 4, 1943: Sea War Pacific: Australian troops land east of Lae (New Guinea).

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 3, 1942: Air War Germany: 295 Avro Lancaster bombers raid Berlin (20 lost, 906t bombs dropped). Home Fronts Germany: One million women and children

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 2, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: HMS Valiant and Warspite – refitted following damage sustained in 1941 – bombard Reggio di Calabria.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 1, 1943: Occupied Territories USSR: Second campaign by Russian Partisans against German rail communications: 193 groups destroy 32,000 rails, from Crimea to Karelia (ends