WW2 War Diary for Sunday, December 12, 1943:
Home Fronts
Germany: ROMMEL APPOINTED C-in-C OF ‘FORTRESS EUROPE’.
Politics
Czechoslovak-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and Mutual Assistance.
Sea War
Mediterranean: British destroyers Tynedale and Holcombe sunk by U-boat U-593 (December 12 and 13).