Year 1943

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 12, 1943: Mediterranean Italy – BATTLE OF VOLTURNO RIVER (October 12-19): Allied land attack followed by sea-borne operation (October 13). Air War Pacific: 350 […]

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 11, 1943: Air War Southeast Asia: Japanese bomb Madras (India).

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 10, 1943: Occupied Territories Russia: Hitler orders transfer of all Russian volunteers serving in the Wehrmacht to Western Europe. Air War Germany: 236 USAAF

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 9, 1943: Air War Germany: 8th USAAF raids Gdynia, Anklam an Marienburg with 378 bombers. 457 RAF bombers attacking Hannover and dropping 1,667t of

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 8, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: 5th US Army takes Caserta. Sea War Black Sea: 240 German barges, Siebel Ferries, etc. – used in Kuban evacuation

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, October 7, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army enters Capua, on river Volturno, 32 km north of Naples. Eastern Front Central Sector: Russians capture Nevel,

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, October 6, 1943: Sea War Black Sea: 3 Russian destroyers sunk by Stukas. Stalin imposes strict curbs on subsequent operations by Black Sea Fleet. Pacific:

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, October 5, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Stuka units re-designated Schlachtgeschwader and restricted to low-level night ground-attack duties. Sea War Atlantic: U-boat U-389 sunk by

WW2 War Diary for Monday, October 4, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Planes from US carrier Card sink ‘U-tanker’ U-460 and U-boat U-422 and damage U-264 near Azores. Passing convoy escapes

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, October 3, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Operation Eisbaer (‘Polar bear’). Germans land on Kos (Aegean), capturing 1,388 British and 3,145 Italians. Far East China: New

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, October 2, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Great Russian Smolensk offensive grinds to a stop, midway between that city and Vitebsk-Orsha. Mediterranean Italy: 5th US

WW2 War Diary for Friday, October 1, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: Allied 5th Army enters Naples. Politics USSR: Harriman appointed US Ambassador in Moscow.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 30, 1943: Eastern Front Siege of Leningrad: 11,394 shells fall on city in September, killing 124 and wounding 468. Home Fronts Italy: Badoglio forms

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 29, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: US 5th Army captures Castellamare and Pompeii (ancient ruins slightly damaged). British 8th Army enters Adriatic port of Manfredonia. Politics

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, September 28, 1943: Air War Germany: 599 RAF bombers attacking Hannover and dropping 2,196t of bombs. Occupied Territories France: General Legentilhomme appointed Free French Commissioner

WW2 War Diary for Monday, September 27, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: During series of attacks on 6 convoys (September 27 – October 9) by 21 U-boats only 2 ships are

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, September 26, 1943: Sea War: Channel: British MGBs and Dutch MTBs attack German convoy; 2 cargo ships and a patrol boat sunk (night September 26-27).

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, September 25, 1943: Eastern Front Centrals Sector: RUSSIANS CAPTURE SMOLENSK. Sea War Pacific: Evacuation of Japanese garrison from Kolombangara (Solomons). 9,400 men taken off by

WW2 War Diary for Friday, September 24, 1943: Sea War North Sea: Operation Probestueck (‘Test Piece’). 29 German E-boats lay mines off Harwich.

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