Year 1943

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 16, 1943: Air War Britain: FIRST NIGHT RAID BY GERMAN FIGHTER-BOMBERS. 30 Fw 190 fighter-bombers sent to London but only 2 bombs on target. […]

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 15, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: British submarine P.615 sunk by U-boat U 123. Eastern Front Southern Sector: Hitler signs operational order for Operation Zitadelle

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 14, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Allied forces compress Axis perimeter in Tunisia from three sides. Air War Britain: Night raid on Chelmsford; prison set on

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 13, 1943: Air War Pacific: US bombers raid Kiska (Aleutian Islands) round the clock. Sea War Channel: Norwegian/British destroyer Eskdale sunk by German E-boats

World War One Diary for Friday, April 12, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland – KATYN MASSACRES: German News Agency reports discovery of mass graves of 10,000 Polish officers in Katyn Forest,

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 11, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 1st Army enters Kairouan, third city of Tunisia. Patrols from British 1st and 8th Armies link up west of

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 10, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: P-38 Lightning fighters and B-25 Mitchell bombers scatter 2 large formations of German and Italian transport aircraft over Sicilian

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 9, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 26th Armoured Brigade drives through Fondouk Pass to Kairouan. Air War Germany: 304 RAF bombers attacking Duisburg and dropping

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 8, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: General Kawabe succeeds General Iida as Japanese C-in-C. Home Fronts USA: Roosevelt freezes wages and sets price ceiling for

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 7, 1943: Air War Pacific – Operation I: massive Japanese air strike against Allied shipping off Guadalcanal. US destroyer Aaron Ward, HMNZS Moa and

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 6, 1943: Africa Tunisia: BATTLE OF WADI AKARIT. British 8th Army breaks through Axis line south of Sfax, but fails to exploit initial success.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 5, 1943: Home Fronts Germany: Bonhoeffer arrested and Major General Oster dismissed from Abwehr. Air War Mediterranean: P-38 Lightning fighters shoot down 14 Ju

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 4, 1943: Air War Germany: 1,300t bombs dropped on Kiel during RAF night raid. 317 RAF bombers attacking Essen and dropping 983t of bombs.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, April 3, 1943: Air War Tunisia: Spitfire fighters, flown by American pilots, destroy Stuka squadron over Tunisia. Britain: FW 190 fighter-bombers raid Eastbourne and strafe

WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 2, 1943: Air War Pacific: US planes bomb Kiska (8 raids) and Attu.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, April 1, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Italian blockade-runner Pietro Orseolo attacked off Spain by Beaufort and Beaufighter torpedo planes, but escorting German destroyers shoot down

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1943: Politics Germany: King Boris of Bulgaria confers with Hitler. Sea War Pacific: 9 Japanese ships sunk by US submarine Wahoo during March.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1943: Air War Germany: 213 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 587t of bombs. Sea War Atlantic: Crew of German blockade-runner Regensburg immolate

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 29, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: British and Indian forces withdraw on Arakan front. Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Gabes. Sea War Arctic: 3

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Mareth; Axis forces abandon Mareth Line. Home Fronts Italy: German munition ship catches fire and explodes