Diary March 5, 1943

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

destroyed Krupp armaments works in Essen — A part of the plant of the Krupp armaments works in Essen after the RAF bombing raids. Apart from the large chimney’s is virtuall nothing undestroyed anymore.

WW2 War Diary for Friday, March 5, 1943:

Air War

Germany: BATTLE OF THE RUHR OPENS with devastating raid on Krupps Works at Essen by 367 RAF night bombers (14 lost) led by Mosquito pathfinders, guided by ‘Oboe’ equipment. 1,211 t of bombs dropped on Essen (26 raids on targets in and near the Ruhr, March 5-6 to June 28-29, 1943).

Sea War

Atlantic: U-boat U 130 sinks 4 ships from Convoy XK-1.

Home Front

Finland: Coalition Government formed.

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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.

Air War

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