Diary December 2, 1943

12-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Bari air raid disaster — The burning port of Bari after the German air raid by 96 Ju 88 bombers. It is the most successfull attack on a port in WW2, expect Pearl Harbor. The reasons for the disaster will be a secret by the Allies for many decades.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, December 2, 1943:

Air War

Mediterranean – Bari air raid disaster: 96 German bombers carry out low-level night raid on Bari in Italy (2 munition ships explode). 19 ships sunk, including SS John Harvey carrying mustard gas bombs, 7 ships heavily damaged. 1,000 plus killed, 800 injured. Thousands of civilians flee, the port is not operational for many weeks and disrupts the Allied Italian peninsular campaign.

Mediterranean

Italy: 650-gun barrage heralds great US 5th Army push in central Italy. Front line moves forward 3 km.

Home Fronts

Britain: Minister of Labour Bevin announces conscription to mines.

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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.

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