Diary April 7, 1943

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

A rare Ki-44-Ic Shoki prepares for launch in Southwest Pacific region.

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 tanker sunk; second tanker and transport damaged. Similar raids off New Guinea (2 transports sunk).

Sea War

Mediterranean: Submarine Rorqual and minelayer Abdiel lay minefields off Tunisia to hamper Axis troop convoys.

Politics

Bolivia: Government declares war on Germany, Italy and Japan.
Cuba: Litvinov arrives in Havana to become first Soviet Minister there.
Germany: Hitler and Mussolini confer; Doenitz in attendance.

Africa

Tunisia: British 9th Brigade attacks Fondouk Pass.

Home Fronts

Britain: Publication of Keynes’ Plan for international banking agreement.
USA: Secretary of Treasury Morgenthau’s Plan for stabilization of international finance published by Office of War Information.

About The Author

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.