07-1943

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 15, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector – Battle of Kursk: Russian spearheads have advanced 24-48 km in Orel sector.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 14, 1943: Mediterranean Sicily: Germans counter-attack at Augusta. British capture Primo Solo Bridge, south of Catania. First issue of ‘Eighth Army News’ published in

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 13, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector – Battle of Kursk: Hitler reluctantly calls off the offensive. Sea War Atlantic: Planes from US escort carriers

WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 12, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector – RUSSIAN COUNTER-OFFENSIVE AT KURSK AGAINST OREL SALIENT, north of Kursk, begins: reaches climax in ‘the greatest tank

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 11, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: US cruisers Savannah and Boise with 8 destroyers halt Panzer counter-attack near Gela. Battleships HMS King George V and

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 10, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean – ALLIES INVADE SICILY (Operation Husky): Armada of 3,000 ships lands 12 divisions of British 8th Army (Montgomery) and

WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 9, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberator bombers destroy Axis GHQ at Taormina (Sicily). British 1st Airborne Division and US 82nd Airborne Division land

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 8, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British Home Fleet, together with USS Alabama and South Dakota carry out unsuccessful sortie along Norwegian coast, intended

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, July 7, 1943: Air War Eastern Front: Top Luftwaffe ‘ace’ Lieutenant Erich Hartmann shoots down 4 Lavochkin fighters and 3 Stormoviks near Kursk (Hartmann’s final

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, July 6, 1943: Air War Pacific: Japanese planes bomb US troops on Rendova Island (New Georgia).

WW2 War Diary for Monday, July 5, 1943: Eastern Front TANK BATTLE OF KURSK (Operation Zitadelle; ‘Citadel’): final German summer offensive; attempt to encircle and destroy 2 Russian army groups

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, July 4, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland – GENERAL SIKORSKI KILLED: Polish Prime Minister in Exile and C-in-C killed in air crash near Gibraltar (engine failure);

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 3, 1943: Air War Germany: RAF night raid on Cologne by 589 bombers (1,808t bombs); Humboldt-Deutz works (U-boat accumulators) seriously damaged.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, July 2, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-24 Liberator bombers drop 200t bombs on 3 airfields in South Italy; German aircraft make unsuccessful ‘air-to-air’ bombing runs

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, July 1, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: U-boat groups driven from Bay of Biscay (July 1 – August 2); 9 sunk, 20 damaged (and forced to