Year 1943

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. […]

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

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.

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

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

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

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 31, 1943: Politics Germany: King Boris of Bulgaria confers with Hitler. Sea War Pacific: 9 Japanese ships sunk by US submarine Wahoo during March.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 30, 1943: Air War Germany: 213 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 587t of bombs. Sea War Atlantic: Crew of German blockade-runner Regensburg immolate

WW2 War Diary for Monday, March 29, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: British and Indian forces withdraw on Arakan front. Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Gabes. Sea War Arctic: 3

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, March 28, 1943: Africa Tunisia: British 8th Army captures Mareth; Axis forces abandon Mareth Line. Home Fronts Italy: German munition ship catches fire and explodes

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, March 27, 1943: Africa Tunisia: US 34th Infantry Division makes unsuccessful assault on Fondouk Pass. Sea War Britain: Escort carrier Dasher lost in Clyde Estuary

WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Spring thaw halts fighting around Kharkov. Sea War Pacific – Battle of the Kommandorsky Islands: Japanese Admiral Hosogaya

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, March 25, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: 2 U-boats sunk by RAF B-17 Fortress bomber (March 25 and 27). Mediterranean: Repatriated survivors of British naval vessels

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, March 24, 1943: Air War Britain: Fighter-bomber raid on Ashford. 8 night raiders shot down over North England and South Scotland. Sea War Mediterranean: British

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 23, 1943: Africa Tunisia: Germans counter-attack at Mareth; British 8th Army withdraws. Sea War Mediterranean: Troopship Windsor Castle sunk by He 111 torpedo planes