Diary April 26, 1943

04-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

A Churchill tank shows off its hill climbing ability to surprised Germans during the attack on Longstop Hill.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, April 26, 1943:

Africa

Tunisia: British 1st Army captures Longstop Hill and Djebel Bou Aoukaz.

Air War

Germany: 557 RAF bombers despatched to Duisburg, but vast majority miss target.

Sea War

Indian Ocean: U-boat U-180 meets Japanese submarine I-29 near Mauritius and transfers Subhas Chandra Bose, pro-Axis Indian nationalist en route from Berlin to Penang (Malaya).

Politics

USSR: Government breaks off diplomatic relations with Polish Government-in-exile, following latter’s request for Red Cross inquiry into Katyn Massacres.

Home Fronts

India: President Roosevelt’s personal representative complains that Viceroy has refused him permission to see imprisoned Gandhi. Moslem League Conference demands creation of ‘Pakistan’ as only means of preventing bloodshed.

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Kretaner

My name is Norman 'Kretaner' and since my childhood I am interested in history and strategy games. Later, I have learned programming and the development of computer games, and finally with the Internet, also web design. I'm in the fortunate position to combine all my interests with my work and to live on a place of my choice, on Crete. All information, figures, specifications and statistics used here had been compiled from a variety of sources and the large, over decades collected, library of the author about military history, WW2 and weapons.