Year 1943

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 20, 1943: Air War Britain – Daylight German fighter-bomber raid on London: 28 fighter-bombers (3 lost) and 50 escort fighters (6 lost) carry out […]

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 19, 1943: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army occupies Homs. Tunisia: German tanks launch diversionary attack through Ousseltia Valley, but are held by French

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 18, 1943: Eastern Front SIEGE OF LENINGRAD: after week-long battle, GERMAN ENCIRCLEMENT PARTIALLY BROKEN by recapture of Schluesselburg and Sinyavino and link-up of Leningrad

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 17, 1943: Air War Britain – Luftwaffe ‘reprisal’ raid on London (night January 17-18): 118 aircraft (6 lost) attack in 2 waves. Bombs fall

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 16, 1943: Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army and Free French forces, advancing from South Libya, join forces. Air War Germany – First RAF

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 15, 1943: Pacific Solomons: Final US ground offensive begins on Guadalcanal. Africa Western Desert: British 8th Army push west from Buerat. Sea War Mediterranean:

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 14, 1943: Politics CASABLANCA CONFERENCE (January 14-25): Churchill and Roosevelt demand ‘Unconditional surrender’ of Germany, Italy and Japan. Defeat of U-boats to receive top

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 13, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Germans move out of Pont du Fahs, south of Medjez and capture ‘Two Tree Hill’. Eastern Front Fourth Battle of

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, January 12, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress wreck buildings and aircraft on Castel Benito airfield, near Tripoli, while escorting P-38 Lightnings rout 20 defending

WW2 War Diary for Monday, January 11, 1943: Eastern Front Caucasus: Russians retake Georgievsk, Mineralniye, Vody and six other towns. Home Fronts USA: $100 billion defence Budget. Politics China: Britain

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, January 10, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Red Army launches Operation Ring – series of co-ordinated attacks from northwest and south (by Don Front), and from

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, January 9, 1943: Air War Britain: Flt.-Lt. Richard Hillary, author of ‘The Last Enemy’, killed on active service; aged 23. USA: Maiden flight of Lockheed

WW2 War Diary for Friday, January 8, 1943: Eastern Front Stalingrad: Paulus rejects Rokossovsky’s surrender ultimatum. Sea War Mediterranean: British Force K (2 cruisers, 4 destroyers) harries last convoys between

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 7, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US 9th Air Force bombs Palermo harbour (308 civilian casualties). Occupied Territories France: General Legentilhomme begins duties as High

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, January 6, 1943: Sea War Pacific – BATTLE OF HUON GULF (January 6-9): all available Allied bombers and fighters in Southwest Pacific make round-the-clock attacks