Year 1943

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, September 2, 1943: Sea War Mediterranean: HMS Valiant and Warspite – refitted following damage sustained in 1941 – bombard Reggio di Calabria.

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, September 1, 1943: Occupied Territories USSR: Second campaign by Russian Partisans against German rail communications: 193 groups destroy 32,000 rails, from Crimea to Karelia (ends

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 31, 1943: Air War Germany: 616 RAF bombers attacking Moenchengladbach and dropping 2,272t of bombs (night August 30-31). 45 RAF bombers shot down by

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 30, 1943: Eastern Front Central Sector: Russian West Front captures Yelnya; 50th Army transferred from Kirov to Yelnya to exploit breakthrough. Southern Sector: Russians

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 29, 1943: Occupied Territories Denmark: Martial law proclaimed. Danish Army disarmed by German troops, but majority of Danish Fleet scuttled to avoid capture, by

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 28, 1943: Sea War Atlantic: British sloop Egret sunk by Hs 293 glider-bombs, launched from Do 217s (first used on August 25). Eastern Front

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 27, 1943: Air War Germany: 621 RAF bombers attacking Nuremberg (night August 27-28) and dropping 1,671t of bombs. Politics France: Committee of National Liberation

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 26, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: Russians launch general offensive into East Ukraine and across river Dnieper using 4 ‘Fronts’ and elements of ‘Central

WW2 War Diary for Wednesday, August 25, 1943: Southeast Asia Burma: Mountbatten appointed Supreme Commander in Southeast Asia. Occupied Territories Denmark: Shipyard workers on strike. Pacific Solomons: End of Japanese

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, August 24, 1943: Air War Germany: 625 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,765t of bombs. Home Fronts Germany: Himmler appointed Minister of the Interior.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 23, 1943: Eastern Front Southern Sector: KHARKOV RECAPTURED BY RED ARMY. Air War Britain: Mosquito night-fighters shoot down 4 Me 410 fighter-bombers attacking East

WW2 War Diary for Sunday, August 22, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: B-26 Marauders and Wellington bombers attack Salerno railway yards.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, August 21, 1943: Politics USA: Gromyko becomes Soviet Ambassador in Washington. Home Fronts Australia – General Election: Curtin’s Labour Party wins decisive victory. Opposition Leader,

WW2 War Diary for Friday, August 20, 1943: Air War Mediterranean: US medium bombers raid Benevento marshalling yards, north of Naples. Home Fronts Finland: Peace petition handed to Prime Minister

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, August 19, 1943: Pacific New Guinea: Australian troops capture Mt Tambu; Japanese retreat to river Francisco (August 19-26). Air War Mediterranean: B-17 Fortress, B-24 Liberators