Diary August 2, 1943

08-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Civilian casualties of the 'Battle of Hamburg'. — Civilian casualties of the ‘Battle of Hamburg’.

WW2 War Diary for Monday, August 2, 1943:

Mediterranean

Sicily: British and Canadians oust Germans from hill-top strongholds of Centuripe and Regalbuto; Gerbini airfield complex captured.

Politics

Portugal: Italian Ambassador in Lisbon contacts Allied representatives.

Home Fronts

China: Death of President Lin Sen, aged 81; Chiang Kai-shek appointed Acting-President.

Air War

Germany: ‘Battle of Hamburg’ ends wth night raids by 425 RAF bombers (30 lost; 939t bombs) in very bad weather.

Battle of Hamburg casualties:

RAF planes	Civilian casualties	Factories	Shipping	U-Boats
2,752 planes (86 lost) dropped 8,621t of bombs	c.42,600 dead + 37,000 seriously injured	580 destroyed	170,000 t lost	3 sunk

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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.