Diary March 2, 1943

03-1943, Diary WW2, War Diary, Year 1943 / 1 minute of reading

A sinking armed Japanese merchantmen burns in the Bismarck sea.

WW2 War Diary for Tuesday, March 2, 1943:

Sea War

Pacific BATTLE OF THE BISMARCK SEA (March 2-5): Allied bombers and MTBs shatter big Japanese troop convoy off Lae (New Guinea). 8 transports and 4 destroyers sunk; 6,000 Japanese killed. 6 Allied planes lost.

Easteen Front

Southern Sector: Panzers destroy Russian 3rd Tank Army near Kharkov (March 2-4).
Mussolini issues Order of the Day announcing repatriation of Italian Expeditionary Force (Corpo Spedizionario Italiano) ‘to rest and have their ranks refilled.’

Air War

Pacific: Spitfire fighters intercept Japanese bombers over Darwin, taking raiders by surprise (6 out of 15 shot down).

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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.

Sea War

Easteen Front

Air War

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