Diary January 14, 1943

01-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Allied leaders Giraud (French), Roosevelt (US President), De Gaulle (Free-French) and Churchill (British Prime Minister) at the Casablanca Conference.

WW2 War Diary for Thursday, January 14, 1943:

Politics

CASABLANCA CONFERENCE (January 14-25): Churchill and Roosevelt demand ‘Unconditional surrender’ of Germany, Italy and Japan. Defeat of U-boats to receive top priority; Sicily to be invaded during 1943. De Gaulle and Giraud attend.

Eastern Front

Stalingrad: Russians capture Pitomnik airfield – vital base for German airlift.

Air War

Southeast Asia: 3 Japanese bombers shot down in 4 minutes by RAF Beaufighter night fighter over Calcutta.
Western Europe: First of 5 heavy RAF night raids on Lorient.

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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.

Politics

Eastern Front

Air War

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