Diary December 5, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 5, 1943: Air War Western Europe: Fighter-bombers of RAF, 2nd TAF, and US 9th AF attack V-1 launching sites in Pas de Calais. Far …
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Diary December 4, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 4, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US Fast Carrier Task Force raids Kwajalein: 386 planes (5 lost) sink 6 transports and damage 2 cruisers. 55 …
Diary December 3, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 3, 1943: Air War Germany: Goering orders Peltz – commanding German bomber forces in the West – ‘To avenge the terror attacks of the …
Diary December 2, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 2, 1943: Air War Mediterranean – Bari air raid disaster: 96 German bombers carry out low-level night raid on Bari in Italy (2 munition …
Diary December 1, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 1, 1943: Air War Germany: B-17 Fortress bombers attack Solingen, east of Duesseldorf, for second successive day.
Diary December 31, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 31, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians storm Zhitomir – routing German garrison – and sweep westwards towards pre-war Polish frontier. Home Fronts USA: …
Diary December 30, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 30, 1943: Sea War North Sea: Battleships HMS Queen Elizabeth, Valiant, Renown and aircraft carriers Illustrious and Unicorn leave Scapa Flow and the Clyde …
Diary December 29, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 29, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: New Russian offensive under way in Dnieper Bend, west of Zaporozhe.
Diary December 28, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, December 28, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Canadian troops capture Ortona (Adriatic coast) after prolonged, savage, house-to-house fighting with German paratroops and Panzer-Grenadiers, supported by tanks concealed …
Diary December 27, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Monday, December 27, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture ‘Pimple Hill’ (Huon Peninsular).
Diary December 26, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 26, 1943: Sea War BATTLE OF NORTH CAPE: Series of miscalculations by Admiral Bey of battlecruiser Scharnhorst, during sortie against a arctic convoy leads …
Diary December 25, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 25, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US carrier planes attack shipping at Kavieng (New Ireland). Japanese attack American beachhead at Arawe (New Britain). Mediterranean Italy: …
Diary December 24, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 24, 1943: Home Fronts USA: ROOSEVELT NAMES ALLIED COMMANDERS FOR INVASION OF EUROPE. General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander; ACM Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander; Admiral Ramsay, …
Diary December 23, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 23, 1943: Air War Europe: 200,000 t bombs dropped on Germany to date.
Diary December 22, 1943
WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, December 22, 1943: Neutrals Spain: Repatriation of 14,284 men of Division Azul from Russian Front officially completed; 3,000 volunteers continue to fight on as the …
