WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 16, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: Germans gain control of Leros Air War Scandinavia: B-17 Fortress and B-24 Liberator bombers attack Knaben molybdenum mines and […]
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 15, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: DOENITZ ABANDONS U-BOAT OPERATIONS IN WEST ATLANTIC following totally abortive forays against Convoys HX.264 and SC.146. German aircraft begin
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 14, 1943: Sea War Germany: U-794 (Type XVIIA) , world’s first ‘true submarine‘ enters service at Kiel; powered by the Walter hydrogen peroxide/fuel oil
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 13, 1943: Occupied Territories France: French Resistance attack SRO ball-bearing factory at Annecy. Sea War Mediterranean: Germans land on Island of Krk, Cres and
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 12, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians recapture Zhitomir, west of Kiev, thereby cutting vital Leningrad-Odessa railway. Sea War Indian Ocean: British submarine Taurus
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 11, 1943: Sea War Pacific: US carrier planes batter Japanese shipping, defences and airfields at Rabaul. 108 Japanese planes (33 lost) attack carrier group
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 10, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector – Battle of Cherkassy: Russian paratroops drop near Cherkassy, south of Dnieper River; and link up with partisans.
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 9, 1943: Politics USA – UNRRA Agreement: 44 Allied and Associated States establish United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration.
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WW2 War Diary for Monday, November 8, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: Abortive combined operation by U-boats and Condor aircraft west of Portugal (night November 8-9). RAF B-17 Fortress from Azores
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WW2 War Diary for Sunday, November 7, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: British 8th Army reaches river Sangro.
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WW2 War Diary for Saturday, November 6, 1943: Eastern Front Southern sector: RUSSIANS CAPTURE KIEV. Sea War Pacific: Japanese reinforcements land on Bougainville. Mediterranean: Troopships Marnix van St Aldegonde and
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WW2 War Diary for Friday, November 5, 1943: Sea War Pacific: 6 Japanese cruisers damaged by US carrier planes at Rabaul. Atlantic: Captain Walker’s 2nd Support Group saves Convoy HX.264
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WW2 War Diary for Thursday, November 4, 1943: Mediterranean Italy: American troops cross upper Volturno River. Air War Germany: 527 RAF bombers attacking Duesseldorf and dropping 2,234t of bombs.
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WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, November 3, 1943: Air War Germany: 500 B-17 Fortress and 100 B-24 Liberator bombers, heavily escorted by P-38 Lightning and P-47 Thunderbolt escort-fighters, bomb Wilhelmshaven
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WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, November 2, 1943: Sea War North Sea: British blockade-runner Master Standfast – 1 of 5 fast boats plying between Hull and Lysekil (Sweden) – captured
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