Diary July 17, 1943

07-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

Battleship HMS Warspite bombards Catania.

WW2 War Diary for Saturday, July 17, 1943:

Sea War

Mediterranean: Battleship HMS Warspite bombards Catania.

Mediterranean

Sicily: US Rangers capture Agrigento.

Occupied Territories

Sicily: AMGOT (‘Allied Military Government of Occupied Territories’) established in Sicily.

Air War

Pacific: 223 Allied planes attack shipping off Bougainville (1 destroyer sunk).

About The Author

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.