Diary December 4, 1943

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

On an US carrier, a 1,000lb bomb is fitted to a Dauntless dive bomber.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, December 4, 1943:

Sea War

Pacific: US Fast Carrier Task Force raids Kwajalein: 386 planes (5 lost) sink 6 transports and damage 2 cruisers. 55 Japanese planes destroyed. Torpedo planes hit USS Lexington.
Carrier Chuyo sunk by US submarine Sailfish, southeast of Tokyo.

Mediterranean

Italy: British 8th Army reaches river Moro.

Eastern Front

Southern Sector: Germans crush Russian forces in Eltigen bridgehead on Crimea; 10,000 killed, 2,827 taken prisoner.

Occupied Territories

Yugoslavia: Tito’s Partisans establish Provisional Government.

Politics

SECOND CAIRO CONFERENCE: Amphibious operations in Bay of Bengal are cancelled. Timetable set for Pacific ‘island hopping’ campaign. Conference ends December 7.
Bolivia: Government declares war on all Axis States.

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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.