Diary December 24, 1943

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969), will become Republican President of USA from 1953-1961.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, December 24, 1943:

Home Fronts

USA: ROOSEVELT NAMES ALLIED COMMANDERS FOR INVASION OF EUROPE. General Eisenhower, Supreme Commander; ACM Tedder, Deputy Supreme Commander; Admiral Ramsay, Naval C-in-C; General Montgomery, C-in-C British armies (under Eisenhower).

Air War

Western Europe: 672 B-17 Fortress bombers drop 1,400 t bombs on 24 V-1 launching sites.
Germany: 338 RAF bombers attacking Berlin and dropping 1,288t of bombs.

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: Russian 1st UF breaks out of Kiev bridgehead and begins reconquest of Western Ukraine.

Sea War

Atlantic – Operation Bernau: 6 German destroyers and 6 torpedo boats and Ju 88s escort blockade-runner Osorno into Gironde Estuary and repel Allied air attacks; but ship hits wreck and has to be beached.

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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.