Year 1943

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, April 20, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army attacks Axis positions at Enfidaville, north of Sousse. Air War Germany: RAF night raids on Berlin and […]

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 19, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland – BATTLE OF WARSAW GHETTO: Following deportation of 310,000 Jews in 1942-43, SS move to destroy remaining 63,000 people,

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, April 18, 1943: Air War Pacific: DEATH OF ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO, C-in-C Japanese Combined Fleet killed during flying visit to bases in southwest Pacific. P-38 Lightning

World War One Diary for Saturday, April 17, 1943: Occupied Territories Poland: Polish Government demands Red Cross investigation of Katyn ‘Massacre’; request withdrawn April 30 under British and Soviet diplomatic

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, April 17, 1918: Western Front Germany: Ludendorff orders Aisne attack preparations by German Crown Prince. Flanders: German offensive renewed but without decisive effect; Wytschaete and

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