Diary April 11, 1943
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 […]
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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 […]
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, April 2, 1943: Air War Pacific: US planes bomb Kiska (8 raids) and Attu.
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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
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